[phurley]

I agree with the other commenters about this being incorrect, but there is in hindsight an even bigger deal -- getting to examine the rocket (not fished out of salt water) after the flight and learn from that is huge and often overlooked.

[ethbr1]

AND run to failure.

If a booster can survive 20 launches, it probably has most of the gotchas for launch #1 ironed out.