Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190126081959/@comment-24994749-20190214195819

It's possible they do not plan to land on Atlas itself, but nearby. Cinder did say the ship should get them to Solitas, which could mean she just wanted the ship to get to the continent, and from there she has other plans about how to get into Atlas.

It's also possible that they will encounter all the difficulties you all have just mentioned, simply because they have formed their plan on incomplete information about the Atlas situation.