If they were able to fake the landings in the first place, photoshopping these images now is clearly a no-brainer.
Truthfully, it's cool to see these new images
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A couple of years ago when I was still working on technology communications for GM, I was fortunate to get the opportunity to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the planned launch of STS-133 which was to send R2 to the International Space Station. https://plus.google.com/114133424228405038490/posts/UVr9W3aKjJ1
Unfortunately the launch was delayed so I never got to see the liftoff but we did get an extensive tour of the facility including the orbiter preparation building where Endeavor was being readied for STS-134.
With the final missions of the shuttle now completed, NASA had to strip all manner of equipment and materials out of the orbiters to prepare them for display in museums.
A year ago this week, the third to last Space Shuttle mission, STS-133 finally launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a delay of almost 4 months to address technical issues.
On board the shuttle was a crate containing a Robonaut 2, a humanoid robot co-developed by +NASA and engineers from +General Motors. What makes R2 different from other robots like Honda's Asimo is that it was designed to do actual work alongside humans both on the International Space Station and eventually in factories here on earth.
That means it is a lot stronger than Asimo which can do some fancy dance moves, but can't lift much weight.
In October 2010 when I was working on product and technology communications for GM, I went down to Florida to support some media events in conjunction with the original planned launch date. The second R2 prototype was being used to demonstrate the robot's capabilities. You can see most of the demo in this video with NASA engineer Nicholas Radford.
