Well, if it disintegrated due to falling over in the waves and colliding with the water it isn’t necessarily unsuccessful, since it is not designed for landing

Well, if it disintegrated due to falling over in the waves and colliding with the water it isn’t necessarily unsuccessful, since it is not designed for landing on water (i.e. the rocket disintegrating after landing on water due to being in water is not a failure – what matters is whether, hypothetically, the rocket would have survived, had it landed on land). Edit: Seems like Musk is making that point himself: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/488719729599578112 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/488719729599578112