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How to get an initial setting of the range gate for a Lunar Laser Ranging using a new Retro Reflector for the first time?
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They were searching by aiming their laser at the moon and looking for
reflections. But the system is set to only detect photons in a very
narrow range of ...
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What are these structures on the Lunar Ranging Retro Reflector (LRRR) arrays for?
In Local expansion measured, near zero via Lunar Ranging - what about deep space probes? I used images of the retro-reflector arrays that were left on the moon by Apollo 11, 14, and 15. The Lunar ...
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Doing an experiment to point a laser to the moon and back
After reading this question: I got an itch to to test out the mirrors myself (and maybe record whole process to irritate conspiracy nuts).
What equipment would I need? I assume a high powered laser ...
