I haven't been paying attention to this, but I do know that things can skip off the atmosphere kind of like a stone on a lake if they have the right angle of attack through the atmosphere.
Trust me, most of our space knowledge is 100% true. Ofc, we don't know a lot and we make many assumptions, but most of it is true or very close to being true.
I browse this site for the occasional hopium that something good might be happening, but when I see people who legitimately believe that the earth is flat it makes me question whether or not I should even be here.
Who are these people?