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by gozur88 3085 days ago
I would agree, except there's no customer for FH. Even if there's some small chance the 2nd stage will fail, a test of the three core first stage makes sense.

Having said that, I would be very surprised to find there was a failure of SpaceX hardware in the Zuma launch.
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samcat116 3084 days ago
FAA won't let them launch if theres any possibility of a known issue. Even if there isn't a customer for this FH mission, FAA still has to certify the flight.
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AdamJacobMuller 3084 days ago
They wouldn't risk Elon's roadster.

More seriously, even just the PR cost and the actual cost would prevent them from launching.

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