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by fastball 1154 days ago
Everything you just listed is very probably all from a single root cause (the pad not being able to handle the force) and the fix could be as simple as using a bigger water deluge system / having a pad that isn't just a flat block of concrete / etc.
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If they don't have the launchpad designed to not cause all of these issues, why do you think the rest is designed correctly?
Because they knew the launchpad wasn't entirely suitable in advance. And it still got off the pad anyway.