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> Next moon landing I hope the mission lays down an enormous silver blanket that can be seen by amateur astronomers and ordinary people are encouraged to come o
by Gustomaximus 10y ago
> Next moon landing I hope the mission lays down an enormous silver blanket that can be seen by amateur astronomers and ordinary people are encouraged to come out and look through a 'scope for themselves!
There are reflectors on the moon people can (or could?) point lasers towards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_retroreflectors_on_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_retroreflectors_on_the...
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- guilhas 10y agoI am not very informed on this but what would you say to this? There is people claiming moon is naturally reflective, and that there were successful reflection experiments before moon landing. National Geographic Vol. 130 No. 6 December 1966 'The Lasers Bright Magic' by Thomas Meloy Page 876 "Four years ago (1962) a ruby laser considerably smaller than those now available, shot a series of pulses at the Moon, 240,000 miles away. The beams illuminated a spot less than two miles in diameter, and were reflected back to Earth with enough strength to be measured by ultra sensitive electronic equipment."
- hyperpallium 10y ago[co-replying] Or an advertisement, you don't even need humans to go. e.g. Robert A Heinlein's "The Man Who Sold the Moon" http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/advertising http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/advertising
- bigbugbag 10y agoActually most people do not have access to the required gigawatt laser equipment that can precisely targeted. Pointing a hundred milliwatts laser pointer, the common kind of laser people have access to, to the moon will have no effect.