Could these be faked? Of course. But if I was head of the NASA conspiracy I wouldn't have released these (photoshopped or faked) photos at all. Especially knowing that the armies of free-thinkers and enlightened scientific minds who are on to them would rip the images to shreds. Better not create and distribute any such images and instead spend the US govt's billions on more gold plated taps in the Vehicle Assembly Building's bathrooms or whatever.