On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:22:24 -0400, Jan Philips
wrote:

I was listening to the DVD of the Apollo 11 Moonwalk, with the flight
controller's loop on. A controller reports that Lick Observatory got
a laser return from the LRRR retroreflector.

And what about the Apollo 14 and A15 retroreflectors - how soon after
the astronauts deployed them were they detected?