Can you light up the moon with laser pointers?

sooner7nc

Yeah but I want the sumbitch to shoot lasers and burn stuff.
EntirelyPossible

I am sure we can craft a picatinny rail for an arctic 1 W laswer :)
sooner7nc

Bingo! That's my kind of thinking.
Satanus

What if the moon blew up, when yall did this? You'ld feel pretty dumm, then, wouldn't you?
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EntirelyPossible

Like Black Hat in the article, soonernc7, my motto is "what if we tried more power?"
mrsjones5

Cool article.
SunnyDays

I actually understood that! Thanks, entirelypossible!
Very cool. Where can I get one of those lasers? Wal-Mart? Army Surplus store?
kurtbethel

Like Black Hat in the article, soonernc7, my motto is "what if we tried more power?"
This should answer your question.
prologos

could we perhaps get a point source return if all the lasers would be focused on the french laser 90 degr. mirror array that was left by the apollo astronauts?
it was used for ranging and used a telescope for its light work.
EntirelyPossible

Probably....not.