On Sat, 1 Sep 2012 06:16:09 +0000 (UTC), (Joseph
Nebus) wrote:

Hm. *If* this summary article is correct ---

http://www.physics.ucsd.edu/~tmurphy...doc/Bender.pdf

--- then it appears that they did try bouncing the laser off the moon
possibly before Armstrong and Aldrin had lifted off, but the moon's
position in the sky was too low for solid results to be gotten for a
couple weeks.

Thank you, then the initial report of succes by Lick Observatory while
they were still on the Moon seems to be incorect.