Why did it explode?

Because it vented the oxygen, Musk says. Oh. It took two months to say that?

Also, he says that it would have made it to orbit if it had a payload. Okay. Then, there doesn't appear to be a need for a mishap investigation. I didn't think that there should have been much of one, since it was just seconds away from orbit anyway, and the Starship was going to go into the drink anyway. Same for the booster.

The government is just being dicks, which is what they do so well.