Need an exact description (blue prints ?) of the Lunar Laserreflectors left by Apollo.

(Igor Carron) wrote in message om...
"Kent Betts" wrote in message ...
"Igor Carron"
I even talked
to a guy at McDonald Observatory

That was a good idea. They should have had the info since they use the
reflector.


Did that but as he was pointing out to me, even with the lasers they
are using these days, the surface area of the laser when it reaches
the moon is of the order of a km2. So in their daily activity they
never need to know blueprints infos. As far as I can tell some of the
photons (reflected from their retroreflector experiments for distance
measurements) they get back include also photons bouncing from what's
left of the LEM. So accuracy at the blueprint level is not a concern
of theirs for the moment.

Igor.

Get thyself to the Discovery Shop and grap a pair of 3D glasses, and
then visit;

http://www.flavorj.com/~skysea/Images/Stereo/KSC.htm

Then there are actual LEMs that you can photograph, and even visit if
you're very persuasive and nice about it.

http://www.aata.net/images/Projects/...667-R1-10A.jpg
http://www.michaelp.org/photos/kenne...e_interior.jpg


And there are tons of high res photos of actual LEMs in use;

http://www.chicagocentennialofflight...rM_Grumman.jpg
http://www.colliermuseum.com/Collier...o11-onmoon.jpg


Then there are tons of people who worked on the project. Call or
write them for leads (if they're still alive)

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...hies/webb.html
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...4009/v1p3a.htm