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RUD is a term that predates SpaceX by decades.
On the other hand, this is their way of testing. Sometimes it doesn't go as planned and they iterate changes and try again. The Soviet union did their stuff the same way. Worked well enough until the N1 for them. Got them into space first. Though there is a conspiracy that Yuri was not the first man in space, just the first successful launch in space. First one crashed in China, so the story goes, but I believe it has been widely debunked.
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The X15 was the only aircraft I flew where I was glad the engine quit. - Milt Thompson.
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