It was a test launch with a high chance of failure. Why the hell would they put an actual payload into it. Are you also angry that the Apollo missions didn't p

It was a test launch with a high chance of failure. Why the hell would they put an actual payload into it. Are you also angry that the Apollo missions didn't put "useful" things into space when they were launching hardware with sensors Putting an actual payload into the maiden flight of the Ariane 5 made into a very expensive test failure.