Can You Bounce A Laser Off The Moon?


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Aug 03 2015 68 mins   5
Thomas W. Murphy,Associate Professor,Ph. D., https://physics.ucsd.edu/fac_staff/fac_profile/faculty_description.php?person_id=488 At the beginning of the call Thomas states that you can actually bounce a laser off the moon but returning light would be indiscernible to instrumentation. A statement that in fact contradicts this article... National Geographic Magazine December 1966 The Laser's Bright Magic by Thomas Maloy, Howard Sochurek. Page 874-6 https://www.evernote.com/l/AGeNa-AgWhpEH7xSUmgeYu37mzoa1lNDOU4 Mythbusters Moon Hoax Retroreflectors https://youtu.be/VmVxSFnjYCA Sending a Laser to the Moon - Horizon - Explore BBC https://youtu.be/LpjbdH1y_ds NOTE: @3:00 minutes in you see a computer animation depicting the moon as being in a synchronous orbit with the earth(?) Dr Brian Cox on Faking the Moon Landings https://youtu.be/1aXuQ9Dg2gE Notice that initially Professor Murphy's position on the matter sounded totally inline with the Mythbusters position, that is, until I brought up the National Geographic article, upon which a bit of backpedaling was done to make it an issue of millimeter precision.Even if there were reflectors on the moon, that in no way proves the "Apollo Missions". Whatever the case, this issue is clearly being purposely misrepresented for propaganda purposes. As pedantic as scientist typically come across, they paradoxically seem very comfortable with members of their "community" making unequivocal and emphatic, yet scientifically incorrect,(false) declarations.(lies)