Moon Myth BUSTED! Moon Laser!

Supposedly those who visited the moon left a reflector on the moon which can be detected by laser here on earth. Is the reflector really there? The MYTHBUSTERS find out!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• moon
• hoax
• landing
• reflector
• laser
• mythbusters

[mujaku]

Ultimate proof you say? Hahahahaha! Before the Apollo 11 landing MIT & the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory both succeeded in bouncing lasers off the moon and back to earth without retro-reflectors. You don't need a retro-reflector in other words. By the way a laser beam spreads out to almost 2 miles at 240,000 miles away. You guys are tards.

[royrichardsify]

They say they can measure the distance of the moon to the milimetre. Atmospheric distortions make this impossible. The atmosphere bends the light in a random way. If you look at the moon through high magnification it appears to shimmer slightly due to atmospheric turbulence. The point is that the light never follows a straight path. The  atmosphere means that telescopes can only resolve the moon's surface to a mile or so. Can anyone put me right on this?

[royrichardsify]

@Blahblobify I'm just a layman and I couldbe wrong. I know that no telescope could resolve anything as small as those reflectors because the atmosphere distorts the things we see. For example; the setting sun is really beneath the horizon but the atmosphere "bends" the image so we can see it. This effect is somewhat random. Stars appear to dance about under high magnification. Just how do they detect the light from this tiny source?

[Sylderon]

@Cattstyle

Then why didn't the Soviets call bullshit on the whole thing?

[loperspest]

@SirMildred76

Sarcasm is strong with this one.

[SirMildred76]

@loperspest Oh I'm sure NASA could launch a Saturn V rocket without anyone ever finding out. I mean those things are hardly very big, and they certainly don't make much noise. I'm sure they are launching one RIGHT NOW and we don't know about it.

[SirMildred76]

@Cattstyle "In God we trust; all others must bring data.." "sometimes nonsense as saying that they heard the noise of the spaceship engines. They are the main problem of all this doubt."

So basically you are saying you are only going to trust the data, IGNORE the data, and then attack the astronauts based on their personal recollections (which are always considered inconsistent and NEVER considered "data").

I kind of get the impression that you aren't REALLY all that concerned with the data.

[Cattstyle]

I have checked all the pros and cons and NASA is not dealing with this matter in a scientific and academic way. Remember W. Edwards Deming "In God we trust; all others must bring data ". NASAs data is weak, the astronauts that "went" there have different reports and sometimes nonsense as saying that they heard the noise of the spaceship engines. They are the main problem of all this doubt. You should know that the Japanese sent their Kaguna and no pics support NASAs landing. Lets wait and see...

[loperspest]

@Cattstyle

Unless you have evidence of NASA sending an unmanned mission to the moon with reflectors, then the only other possible conclusion is that humans landed and put them there.

[Mozart1220]

@Cattstyle They are laughing at hoaxers. Who doesn't love that? How many different ways can the stupid hoax "theories" be denunked before you buffoons give up?