Apollo special: Mirrors on the moon - New Scientist
A good article about the measurements done by laser on the Earth-Moon distance.
Did you know that they can measure the distance to within a few millimetres? And at this scale, you have to take into account the solar radiation pressure that can push the moon about 4 mm?
No, nor did I. It's hard to imagine how precisely some scientific measurements can now be made.
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