I knew Elon would have had something to do with what happened to the #Starship on 4/20.
His macho disregard for the Environment and Safety meant he dismissed calls for a 'firing trench', subsequently the firing of Starship's rockets kicked up a load of debris which took out some of the engines and caused the irregularity in flight that necessitated self destruct.
The guy is a fucking liability and #SpaceX needs to drop him.
That's your story Media.

@Lazarou @kcarruthers And I'll give you exactly one guess at who, at SpaceX, decided to make 4/20 the launch date.

Get it? 420?

Seriously, what kind of CEO at a major rocket firm would insist on a 20th April launch, ready or not, to make a juvenile "420" joke?!

@ajsadauskas @Lazarou Not to defend Musk, but he personally didn't choose the launch date.

The timing of the launch is based on weather conditions and the orbit of the Earth.

@MugsysRapSheet @ajsadauskas @Lazarou yes and it was after a wet launch on Monday.
@honyell @MugsysRapSheet @ajsadauskas @Lazarou And the launch itself was still a success because it gave them a ton of data on which to work out the issues with the vehicle.
@Milnoc @honyell @MugsysRapSheet @ajsadauskas @Lazarou Valuable data like "firing 30+ rockets straight down into a flat surface causes debris strikes.... Who knew?!'