Riddle me this, how did the laser corner reflector come to be on the surface of the moon.
You were always able to bounce off signals from the moon, there are official army projects talking about bouncing radio off the moon to directly communicate to areas otherwise impossible. BTW this was before the moon landing of course.
No kidding! As an amateur radio operator, I know that two-way VHF communications have taken place via the earth-moon-earth signal path since 1960. Laser moonbounce has been done for decades as well. Elementary signature analysis can easily discern between laser return from the lunar surface versus that from a corner reflector.
You were always able to bounce off signals from the moon, there are official army projects talking about bouncing radio off the moon to directly communicate to areas otherwise impossible. BTW this was before the moon landing of course.
No kidding! As an amateur radio operator, I know that two-way VHF communications have taken place via the earth-moon-earth signal path since 1960. Laser moonbounce has been done for decades as well. Elementary signature analysis can easily discern between laser return from the lunar surface versus that from a corner reflector.