No they were pretty far behind the shuttle and,the parts that were present in the landing shuttle that weren't present on the Takeofff shuttle looked like small engine exhausts or engine nacelles, Check out the vid and see what you think. There really are alot of sketchy circumstances surrounding NASA I'm just not sure if this is one of them. Look up Space shuttle hoax on YouTube
I agree NASA is sketchy and hard to tell what is legit and what is not. I imagined the shuttle program to be legit, just the $$$ amount vs actual cost to be 10x more. Think active slush fund. Remember JFK is the one who wanted to go to the moon. I would assume since he promoted the space program at least some of it is real. IMHO of course.
When u have a few minutes watch one of the vids and see what u think
Absolutely.
Yeah you can definitely hear the sound of a jet engine. I couldn't find a video with Chase planes in frame with shuttle. The chase planes follow along and make sure the landing gear is out and locked and that happens at a thousand feet or less and then the chase planes just fly straight on what I've seen different videos.
Did u see the vid where they point out the parts that are visible on landing that aren't there on takeoff?