It's not just you I see it to. BTW Cool pics! That is a great picture of the astronaut that toke of himself and you can see the tiles that are on the shuttle. It does look like the death Star because of the color, and its half sphere look that is shown on his helmet. Also, I like the picture that shows the view of the earth. I always love pictures that show the view of the earth from above.

Dude No way!!!

What is that really?

It totally looks like Star Wars in real life. Freaky.

very cool pics
very much like the death star though o_O

that is cool but if it was really the death star then we would be doomed and we dont have any x-wing fighters to defend us.

What sowrdweilder said.

To start, even if Lucas' had a rocket or an Imperial Shuttle, the Death Star can't become realized. What year and what STS mission was that? I could figure the shuttle's orbiter name with some assistance bonniegirl.

Maybe Regan wasn't BSing about Star Wars project. after all..
CE

Ya, it has a look and feel to the 2nd Death Star. Now maybe NASA will look at using Lucas' tech designers and have them build a shuttle that WON'T fall apart. They seem to stay in one piece in the movies, unless they're shot at.

Creepy

BTW that's STS 114(I can read it on his arm)

I think its more a credit to the modelmakers on the original trilogy, that their spaceships show similar wear and weathering that is evident on the real deal. Especially considering that the first film was released 4 years before the first reusable spacecraft, the shuttle columbiawas launched.

Recovered from the holocam of Spacetrooper TK-138: "Hi, Mom! Here I am at my new post! Don't worry; this Death Star is much safer than the last one."

That is really creepy. Good find!

Forget ISS, that's what they're really building up there!