THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY.... it was a complete success from the standpoint that this was the first launch of the BFR(BIG FUCKING ROCKET), OR Falcon Heavy as it is referred to publicly, the launch went as expected 100%, the failure of the core to "land" on the return pad was somewhat expected, well to be honest it was half expected to blow up on launch... but i'll count the data they got from the core crash as a success. think about it, they work out some kind if kink with each launch...and the more they fix prior to manned flights the better. I think musk, and Space X are doing it right by doing these unmanned test flights to fix the bugs.... and just think of the miles that tesla's gonna have by the end of the year....