Yes. It's been years since I read the details but they can be tracked down. A retroreflector has mirrors arranged in a cube corner shape so they bounce any focused beam right back to the location of the source. This reflection is many many times stronger than a simple single surface reflector and highly localized. So this means that anyone with a telescope and a laser could in theory aim at the moon landing site and instantly (well speed of light delay) see a reflection from there and only there. A merely shiny rock wouldn't work the same way.
Furthermore, the nature of the way the rr works is that no matter where in the moon's orbit the moon is and no matter what the angle is, as long as you can see the moon, the rr will bounce the laser back to you; a flat mirror or a shiny rock wouldn't, it would have to be at exactly the right angle (180 degrees to you) to work that way. So anyone at the equator or the north pole or China could do this test as long as the moon was in their sky at the time.
"no evidence of private citizens being able to test this out."
No, all you need is a modified telescope. You align your laser source with the optical axis you are viewing with, place a photon detector in the return path, modulate the laser with a simple AM modulator, use the detector to pick up the same AM frequency. Then you aim the telescope at the moon and turn things on. The use of a modulated laser ensures you know it's your output beam you are receiving. A high school science fair kid could in theory build one of these setups.
I agree totally with you about the nature of the NYT though.
I did not downvote you. We know what tribe does that of course.
So have people independently tested this theory and proven that there is a man-made retro reflector on the moon?
Yes. It's been years since I read the details but they can be tracked down. A retroreflector has mirrors arranged in a cube corner shape so they bounce any focused beam right back to the location of the source. This reflection is many many times stronger than a simple single surface reflector and highly localized. So this means that anyone with a telescope and a laser could in theory aim at the moon landing site and instantly (well speed of light delay) see a reflection from there and only there. A merely shiny rock wouldn't work the same way.
Furthermore, the nature of the way the rr works is that no matter where in the moon's orbit the moon is and no matter what the angle is, as long as you can see the moon, the rr will bounce the laser back to you; a flat mirror or a shiny rock wouldn't, it would have to be at exactly the right angle (180 degrees to you) to work that way. So anyone at the equator or the north pole or China could do this test as long as the moon was in their sky at the time.
Here's an article that talks about all the tests: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/science/moon-lasers-dust.html
According to this article, they've only successfully performed the laser test two or three times in the last 10 years.
Also, there's no evidence of private citizens being able to test this out.
It seems like NASA knows they are losing credibility and are trying to come up with more "evidence" of the fake moon landing.
And where better to plant fake evidence than in the Jew York Times, which is staffed with CIA and MOSSAD to spread disinformation.
"no evidence of private citizens being able to test this out."
No, all you need is a modified telescope. You align your laser source with the optical axis you are viewing with, place a photon detector in the return path, modulate the laser with a simple AM modulator, use the detector to pick up the same AM frequency. Then you aim the telescope at the moon and turn things on. The use of a modulated laser ensures you know it's your output beam you are receiving. A high school science fair kid could in theory build one of these setups.
I agree totally with you about the nature of the NYT though. I did not downvote you. We know what tribe does that of course.