[Laser] Lunar downlink

[Cliff Buttschardt]

Zack Widup wrote:
> I'm assuming that the reflector corner cubes that were once placed on the 
> moon are still there and not covered with too much dust.  Has anyone on 
> this list successfully bounced a laser signal off one of them and detected 
> it?
> 
> Zack W9SZ
> 
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, KD7JYK, 49H7KR wrote:
> 
> 
>>I don't know much about laser comms, but if someone puts up a laser beacon
>>on the moon, I'll build whatever it takes to receive it!
>>
>>Kurt
>>
> 
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Hi all.  There have been some successful returns from the the
reflector using a very high powered laser.  K3PGP has done this but
indicated much of the effort required was almost too much.  As
I remember his comments, the return area was so close, a matter
of about 100 miles, that it was not a practical communication
system.  You might glean some information here:

> http://www.k3pgp.org/laser.htm

Cliff K7RR