Originally Posted by SiMpLe

My friend works for JPL and I had dinner with him Friday night. We talked alot about the shuttle and the program. He is really sad to see this all go due to none funding.

He told me about these engines... These here are fake. Rebuilt shells made buy him and his small team for the shuttle to be on display. He said that when they were done, they painted all three lite grey and then another guy was hired later on to airbrush them so they looked like they were used in space. He said "the airbrush guy did an amazing job" lol

Just a lil insider info for you if you ever go and see the shuttle on display - You can retell the story and look like a boss