Did you know that right after Apollo 11 landed on the moon, scientific projects were placed? Did NASA keep any of this secret? I don't know. Neil Armstrong took two reflectors and placed them in the lunar soil on a specific place. There were other experiments too. This experiment with the reflectors continued for 40 years.
On top of a mountain (Mt. Davis) in the big bend country of Texas stands MacDonald Observatory. It is owned by the University of Texas. The astronomers have been firing a ruby laser at the moon every day for 40 years.The moon is moving away from us and in 10,000 years, there will be no eclipses. Our moon is the only one to have eclipses in our solar sysrem
Saturday, February 13, 2010
A MEASURE FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
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We're lucky to live in this era where we can see perfect eclipses. The relative sizes of the Moon and the Sun perfectly match for us to see total eclipses.
ReplyDeleteI saw a documentary about that laser beam which is used to measure the distance to the Moon. It must be very nice to be there working with those guys.
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ReplyDeleteI never knew this. This is great info. Thanks for letting me know about it.
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