Do they succeed in spite of him?
(Is that ‘mean’? True, I find TheMouthX erratic.)
Leadership is very important, he has in the past directed people to fix a problem properly instead of half measures (in my words).
A friend advised software interns to fix the root cause of a problem instead of just patching.
It’s commendable that SpaceX tested the rocket with degraded heat tiles, for worst case.