The question isn't really how much does blowing up the rocket cost, it's does blowing up the rocket (or likely multiple rockets) cost more or less than the alternative design methodology of spending a lot more time on design and fabrication so that you basically succeed on the first try.
Artimis basically worked when they launched it but they spent a huge amount of time designing and building, fixing before launching. SpaceX just puts stuff together and tries it and learns and iterates. They did the same thing with the Starship itself trying to land it, they blew up a number of them before kind of being successful.
In software development I definitely lean towards the latter philosophy. Not sure which is cheaper for rockets.
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