Indeed, as flying would not have been even neccessary. Loading and starting up would have been enough.
Overconfidence in lab setups is by the way another common theme. The Ariane 5 failure was in that category (posted link before, but don't have at hands right now). And it looks like the Starlifterliner failure will be as well.
Last edited by BDAttitude; 21st Jan 2020 at 09:07.