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Apollo 11 return from LRRR while still on the Moon?



 
 
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Old August 31st 12, 03:22 AM posted to sci.space.history
Jan Philips
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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. This is in the
transcript
(http://next.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.html , then click on "EASEP
Deployment and Closeout") at 111:32:09, but they didn't report it to
the crew. (They tell Collins about it at 112:34:29.) However, there
are comments in the transcript saying that they tried to detect the
LRRR but didn't (until August 1). I remember that live coverage at
the time said that they didget a return from the retroreflector.

So was this early report correct or in error?
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Old September 1st 12, 12:43 AM posted to sci.space.history
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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?
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Old September 1st 12, 04:28 AM posted to sci.space.history
Jan Philips
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On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:22:24 -0400, Jan Philips
wrote:

So was this early report correct or in error?


And "How Apollo Flew to the Moon" by Woods and "A Man on the Moon" by
Chaikin don't seem to say.
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Old September 1st 12, 07:16 AM posted to sci.space.history
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Default Apollo 11 return from LRRR while still on the Moon?

In Jan Philips writes:

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. This is in the
transcript
(http://next.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.html , then click on "EASEP
Deployment and Closeout") at 111:32:09, but they didn't report it to
the crew. (They tell Collins about it at 112:34:29.) However, there
are comments in the transcript saying that they tried to detect the
LRRR but didn't (until August 1). I remember that live coverage at
the time said that they didget a return from the retroreflector.


So was this early report correct or in error?


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.

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Old September 1st 12, 05:51 PM posted to sci.space.history
Jan Philips
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Default Apollo 11 return from LRRR while still on the Moon?

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.
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Old September 1st 12, 06:20 PM posted to sci.space.history
Jan Philips
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Default Apollo 11 return from LRRR while still on the Moon?

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

And it says that the Apollo 14 retroreflector was detected the day it
was deployed.
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Old September 4th 12, 04:52 AM posted to sci.space.history
Joseph Nebus
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Default Apollo 11 return from LRRR while still on the Moon?

In Jan Philips writes:

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.


Well, thanks for asking the question. It's rare enough finding
a point that hasn't been chewed over so much as to lose its interest,
or better, one that can be reasonably clearly answered.

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