SN8 hit the landing pad, which had a designated exclusion zone around it (a safety radius in which humans are not allowed). Crashing into the landing pad was a

SN8 hit the landing pad, which had a designated exclusion zone around it (a safety radius in which humans are not allowed). Crashing into the landing pad was a completely unsurprising result for the test they were doing, and I'm not aware of any reason to think that the exclusion zone was too small.