UC San Diego Physicists Locate Long Lost Soviet Reflector on Moon
April 26, 2010
April 26, 2010
LA JOLLA, Calif., April 26 -- The University of California at San Diego issued the following news by Kim McDonald:
A team of physicists led by a professor at UC San Diego has pinpointed the location of a long lost light reflector left on the lunar surface by the Soviet Union nearly 40 years ago that many scientists had unsuccessfully searched for and never expected would be found.
The French-built laser reflector was sent aboard the unmanned Luna 17 mission, which l . . .
A team of physicists led by a professor at UC San Diego has pinpointed the location of a long lost light reflector left on the lunar surface by the Soviet Union nearly 40 years ago that many scientists had unsuccessfully searched for and never expected would be found.
The French-built laser reflector was sent aboard the unmanned Luna 17 mission, which l . . .