Ok I think I see, so you do agree that a laser beam would indeed hit the moon, it's just that it wouldn't look that way to the person holding the laser. But some other person in some other part of the world who could see the moon at that moment, that person would be able to see the red dot on the moon's surface. Is this correct?
Yes. A telescope would make your visual horizon appear further away, making you able to see things that are further away, than what you can with the naked eye.
So a powerful enough telescope could possibly allow you to see a moon that would appear occluded by the horizon to the naked eye?
What magnitude of distances are we talking about here? How far would another person need to be from me before the horizon blocks my view of them? (Assuming a flat surface with no obstacles between us).
Ok I think I see, so you do agree that a laser beam would indeed hit the moon, it's just that it wouldn't look that way to the person holding the laser. But some other person in some other part of the world who could see the moon at that moment, that person would be able to see the red dot on the moon's surface. Is this correct?
Yes that is correct.
Would a telescope help?
Yes. A telescope would make your visual horizon appear further away, making you able to see things that are further away, than what you can with the naked eye.
So a powerful enough telescope could possibly allow you to see a moon that would appear occluded by the horizon to the naked eye?
What magnitude of distances are we talking about here? How far would another person need to be from me before the horizon blocks my view of them? (Assuming a flat surface with no obstacles between us).