Artemis Blew Off The Elevator Blast Doors

 ...and did other damage to the launch pad. Some people are arguing that NASA is downplaying it as no big deal, but the truth is?

Hardening the launch pad to handle a rocket this size was going to be a tough task and it's possible they let the damage happen so they know what to focus on.

You can't do prototypes without breaking something, and elevator doors are a bit easier to replace than, ya know, the entire rocket. It also blew up several of the pad cameras (which is pretty normal), did minor damage to nitrogen and helium supply lines, and burned paint off the deck.

Launch pad damage was to be expected. There was also some very minor damage to the venerable mobile launcher.

The elevators are the worst problem...NASA says it will take several months to fix (I'm actually figuring replace) the elevators, but they weren't planning on using this pad for a while anyway.