Per Wikipedia, SpaceX's 3 "Get out of Mishap Investigation, Free" cards from the FAA for this test flight were - Starship burns up during reentry Flaps lack s

Per Wikipedia, SpaceX's 3 "Get out of Mishap Investigation, Free" cards from the FAA for this test flight were - Starship burns up during reentry Flaps lack sufficient control authority Raptor engines fail to relight - suggesting that both the flaps and heat shielding were regarded as highly experimental, and failure(s) in them very likely to occur.