Starship has another advantage over Shuttle orbiters - orbiters were about 80 tons when landing, while Starship is about 120 tons empty, but has much bigger siz

Starship has another advantage over Shuttle orbiters - orbiters were about 80 tons when landing, while Starship is about 120 tons empty, but has much bigger size - diameter and length, which makes it braking higher in the atmosphere where the heat flux is smaller.