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    Question: If you shone a laser at an astronaut on the moon would the see it

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    Asked by 278ghtg39 to Stephen on 16 Nov 2016.
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      Stephen Davitt answered on 16 Nov 2016:


      Depending on the size of the laser and how powerful it is he could yes! You can shine a laser onto mirror like things they put up there and have it bounce back to earth, this is how they measure the distance to the moon accurately

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    278ghtg39 commented on 22 Nov 2016:

    Wow

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