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You know, you could scrub and reschedule, then it takes longer but it gets done properly.
Or you could go and have the chance of a great firework, then it's done, but not quite the way you intended it, also you would probably kill Commercial Spaceflight in the US...
First of all, you would kill SpaceX by that, since it has the full accountability for the risks in that launch. NASA is only responsible for the ISS and the 430 kg payload. Before the SSRMS grapples the Dragon and after the ISS releases the Dragon again, SpaceX is directly responsible for everything and will have to pay the fireworks.
So, not launching if a engine reports bad data and maybe having to tolerate a contract fine for late delivery is better than an expensive explosion.