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Old 05-November-2004, 07:13 AM
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I don't know if you really can get measurements by "naturally" relected laser. But even when: You would never know from which point of the moon the reflection came (the beam has a diameter of a few kilometers when hitting the moon) and so you could never make measurements with the precision of a few centimeters. You need some fixed point on the lunar surface.
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