"This is the first time we are going to send humans to the moon and we are going to have humans in low earth orbit".
exactly what are they trying to say here -
humans allegedly have been spinning around the globe for decades - since Sputnik -
<< Inaccuracy: Sputnik was unmanned. Not sure what you're trying to say here >>
humans allegedly went to the moon 6 times 50 years ago
<< Indeed they did. >>
so when they say this is the First time - that is obviously erroneous !
<< What they meant was it would be the first time that there would simultaneously be humans around the Moon and in Earth orbit. During the Apollo missions there was no space station in low Earth orbit. >>
does that somehow "differ" from "atmospheric drag/conservation of momentum" ?
It is an entirely separate thing, so yes it does