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THE WONDER
OF LASERS

​PREMISE:
It is not possible to bounce a laser beam off  the surface of the moon, without the aid of ​retro-reflectors, placed there by NASA astronauts. Therefore, the United States must have landed on the Moon, because we can point lasers at the Moon, and get a signal back.

I have come across a couple of references (New York Times article, National Geographic magazine) to prove this theory false, but it was rather difficult to locate the sources, so I decided to post them here, for my own archive.

​But first, a little background into what led me here...

MYTHBUSTERS:
​​MOON HOAX SPECIAL

On August 27, 2008, the Discovery Channel aired a Mythbusters "NASA Moon Landing" Special, in which the crew proceeds to "debunk" claims that prove we never landed on the Moon.

Moon Laser Segment From
The Mythbusters Special

During the Mythbusters' Moon Hoax Special, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman visited the Apache Point Observatory to fire laser beams at the moon. They started by firing a laser at an unexplored region of the moon, receiving no signal; and then they fired a beam at the Apollo 15 site, receiving a laser back. Their conclusion was that if there was no retro-reflector on the moon it would be impossible to bounce the laser back to earth.

Did Jarrah White Quotemine
​The Mythbusters?

Jarrah White, of MoonFaker.com, has pointed out that the Mythbusters conclusions were erroneous,. However, some have claimed he took the Mythbusters out of context; citing that the Mythbusters never said that it was impossible to bounce lasers off the moon's bare surface, and that he made that up as a straw man argument.
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For more information about Jarrah White,
​please read, An Open Letter to Jarrah White,
by Allan Weisbecker, at blog.banditobooks.com.

New York Times

The November 5, 1963 edition of the  New York Times
contains an article about the Soviets ​bouncing a laser
off the Moon's surface. ​The article has been republished below.

Soviet Bounces Light Beam Off Moon in a Laser Test


Special to The New York Times

MOSCOW, Nov. 4

A concentrated beam of light has been bounced off the moon and detected on earth by a Soviet observatory in the Crimea.

The feat, reported today by Tass, the Soviet press agency, duplicates an experiment conducted late last year by engineers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The superintensive beam was produced by a laser, a device that amplifies and focuses light. The principle is believed to have potential use in space communications and long-distance energy transmission.

The Soviet announcement said a laser had been installed at the focal point of the 100-inch reflector telescope at the Crimean Astraphysical Observatory.

Printed: Tuesday, November 5, 1963
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE

In it's December 1966 issue, National Geographic published a report entitled
"The Laser's Bright Magic". From medical applications, to industrial calibration,
or scientific research, the report covers a wide range of uses for the laser.
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On page 876 of the magazine, the author, Thomas Meloy, points out the following:
Four years ago, 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 ultrasensitive electronic equipment. The beam of a high-quality searchlight, if it reached that far, would spread out to several times the moon's 2,160-mile diameter.
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