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Originally Posted by trob
However, I seem to remember something about some equipment on board the lander being used to measure the distance to earth!????? Lasers or something were involved?
Is this my imagination or what, and if it is true, why is it not mentioned more often.
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Definitely not your imagination, more about this
here,
here, and
here. The
McDonald Laser Ranging Station here in Texas is one of the facilities still utilizing them on a regular basis.
I've experienced hoax believers in the past who just claim these reflector arrays could have been placed on the lunar surface robotically or by some other unmanned mission(s). It's unfortunate that some people are utterly immune to evidence, reason, and logic.