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Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 weeks ago
I don’t fully believe anything I can’t test and verify myself. Thank fuck NASA left things on the moon you can ping to prove they went there.
ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
…Does NASA have something on the web that lets people ping the Moon, by any chance?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 weeks ago
I don’t think so. You need some special equipment that isn’t too difficult to get.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
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
Bahnd@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
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.
we_avoid_temptation@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
This is not exactly what you’re talking about but it’s close and actually is available on the web: check out the camera feeds from ISS. Pretty incredible to just watch the world literally go by.