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My post-doctoral research at MIT involved using the laser
retroreflectors left on the moon by some of the Apollo astronauts and
placed there remotely by the Soviets. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
deployed the first one during the Apollo 11 mission.

http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~jbattat/apollo/docs/popularPress/scienceAtNasa.html

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_11/images/laser_rr_lg.gif

http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/1981/JB086iB12p11913.shtml

-- Richard Langley

On 25-Aug-12, at 6:27 PM, Frank Reed wrote:

> Off-topic, but worth some conversation, Neil Armstrong died today at
> age 82. It's been forty-three years since Apollo 11 landed on the
> Moon and the Eagle became "Tranquility Base".
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> -FER
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