It makes some sense. If they're not going to be able to launch for a year because the pad is being rebuilt anyway, projects that were going to take a year may as well go to the front burner.

> I know it's not, but darned if that doesn't sound like "it exploded real big, so build a bigger one!"

To me it sounds like "alright, it's silly to waste time and energy on duplicate effort. Let's focus on getting this one right instead."