[digitallis42]

They absolutely had way more of a reason than no reason. Za reason for the Tesla launch was that it was the first falcon 9 heavy launch, and no company was willing to gamble that large of a payload on a untested rocket. So they made the best of it with a PR stunt.

[mynameisvlad]

They literally could have sent up anything and it certainly wasn’t useful, which was GP’s only criteria for being launched.