Ok so in FET it's impossible to go to space blah blah blah. But while I was looking throught the "Shuttle crashes" post I noticed something. What about the people who have died in shuttle crashes? What happened to them? What about their grieving families? Are they acting? And what about the fact that the dead people haven't been seen since? No one would want to live hidden the rest of their lives just to help out a conspiracy. Now what does FES say for this?
As I said in the Shuttle Crashes thread, the shuttle goes upward out of people's view, stays their for a few days, then crashes. The people onboard knew they were going to die, but they couldn't tell their families.
The shuttle, while crashing, was visible to those watching on television, thus making your point that they mysteriously brought it out of sight irrelevant.
see 1:25
Secondly, I find it hugely unlikely that they knew they were going to die. Why accept to do the mission then? And they looked so happy while going up to the shuttle (I've seen the clip but can't find it, sorry) and while facing your own death, it would be pretty hard to smile like that. Dunno, its not conclusive, but its something.