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That's not how anything works, Part II
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this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2024
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You do know the moon doesn't generate its own light, right?
A mirror doesn't generate its own light either, but would you try shooting a weapons grade laser into one and pointing it at one of your eye sockets?
I wouldn't compare the brightness of a laser to a reflection of itself. That's the issue I'm seeing.
Why not? There's a bunch of applications where that is a requirement.
The Lunar Laser Ranging experiments are a fun one, I think. Scientists shoot lasers at mirrors placed in the moon and measure the trip time of light to calculate the distance of the moon to the millimetre.
However: