You and rumanator don't know what you're talking about and you seem puritanical to boot.

If a rocket never fails, it means it's too heavy (overdesigned.) That's why Musk is ok with failures early on - he wants that data.

So whether a destructive test is intentional or not, it does provide data for the next iteration.

It's irrelevant if somebody "plans" or "hopes" for a new rocket to work tomorrow. It either works, or doesn't.