Tbf, even before launch, no-one expected a full trip. The 'baseline' was lift-off and the rest was upside [0] Sometimes in aerospace you need to collect data,

Tbf, even before launch, no-one expected a full trip. The 'baseline' was lift-off and the rest was upside [0] Sometimes in aerospace you need to collect data, and sometimes that means explosions. [0] https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-first-space-launch#:~:text=The%20goal%20was%20to%20get,about%2090%20minutes%20after%20liftoff https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-first-space-launch#:~:....