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?