The Space Shuttle goes up in the air until it is out of sight. Where it lands for the two weeks, what happens to it, and how it gets back into the upper atmosphere is, of course, unknown.
From its observed speed and direction we know it can make it to Africa or Europe (called a Transoceanic Abort Landing), obviously it needs a huge runway. So if it does this, it will be observed. A reception crew of several thousand people would then need to collect it, rebuild a full shuttle stack in Europe (shuttle, fuel tank and two boosters) in two weeks (never been done) without fail and then launch it back to the USA (without being seen). It would then have to fly across the USA or north pole unseen, turn around and then pretend to "reenter" from the west. Rentry has been observed.
And not a single person has ever leaked a single part of this.
I can think of hundreds more problems that would have to be overcome.
Wow, you can actually kill FET just by analysing a shuttle launch.
Oh, and responses of the "I don't know how it happens but it does" aren't allowed - please give arguements to knock down each point above. I will then start posting the other problems I can think of.
I see this has been quietly passed by....
From its observed speed and direction we know it can make it to Africa or Europe (called a Transoceanic Abort Landing), obviously it needs a huge runway. So if it does this, it will be observed.
There are thousands of runways visible on Google maps all over the world, including some which are on secluded islands without a civilian population for hundreds of miles around.
A reception crew of several thousand people would then need to collect it, rebuild a full shuttle stack in Europe (shuttle, fuel tank and two boosters) in two weeks (never been done) without fail and then launch it back to the USA (without being seen).
NASA already hires out companies who build fuel stacks and rockets for its projects. They would simply order an extra set for the shuttle's return launch. They don't need to build it in two weeks. NASA would have already ordered it years prior to coincide with the shuttle launch.
Also, the shuttle is not seen on its return trip for the same reason the shuttle disappears to sight shortly after it first launches: it's simply too high and obscured by atmosphere.
And not a single person has ever leaked a single part of this.
The people building the fuel tanks don't necessarily know what NASA's going to be doing with the fuel tanks.
The people on the distant islands preparing the shuttle for its return trip likely have Top Secret clearances. They know what will happen to them if they talk.
But even if there was a leak, the government excells at supressing the american media from publishing stuff it doesn't like.