Elon Musk's Decision to Not Include Telemetry in His Stage Zero Launch Pad

Jay Parini: Elon and SpaceX were expecting problems. And, you know, man, did they have problems? The launch pad was significantly damaged due to the massive energy put out by the super heavy booster engines. There's a video of the ocean getting pelted with concrete and even a news reporter's car. But what we do know is that it took 15 seconds for the rocket to clear the tower.