ALostInquirer to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 hours agoHow do you go about evaluating sources of information for truth/credibility/etc.?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareHow do you go about evaluating sources of information for truth/credibility/etc.?ALostInquirer to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 hours agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareALostInquirerOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours ago…Does NASA have something on the web that lets people ping the Moon, by any chance?
minus-squareBahnd Rollard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·60 minutes agoSorta… We left a bunch of retro-reflectors up there, if you got really good aim and a sensitive detector, you can bounce lasers off the moon. If you science hard enough you can probably pull it off.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoI don’t think so. You need some special equipment that isn’t too difficult to get.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·51 minutes agoYou do need to have a high-powered laser, which is going to set you back about six figures, you have to have the right detector, which is 10 grand or more, the right computers, and of course a $10-to-14 million telescope, which aren’t just laying around
…Does NASA have something on the web that lets people ping the Moon, by any chance?
Sorta…
We left a bunch of retro-reflectors up there, if you got really good aim and a sensitive detector, you can bounce lasers off the moon. If you science hard enough you can probably pull it off.
I don’t think so. You need some special equipment that isn’t too difficult to get.
You do need to have a high-powered laser, which is going to set you back about six figures, you have to have the right detector, which is 10 grand or more, the right computers, and of course a $10-to-14 million telescope, which aren’t just laying around