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by twblalock 3572 days ago
I cannot think of any situation where the rocket exploding on the pad would not cause the mission to be considered a failure.
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In a commercial sense, you're right, but if they have telemetry from the recent mishap which allows them to identify and fix a serious design flaw, then it absolutely is beneficial to their R&D. Especially when you consider that they're winding up for manned missions. Losing a satellite on the launch pad is not so much of an issue compared with losing an ISS crew.