Apollo 12 ans Laser Fear
Patrick, it's hard to tell if you read each post, as you have a tendency to quietly drop topics where you're shown to be barking up the wrong tree.
So can we just confirm: You are now aware that there was no LRRR on Apollo 12, right? It was already stated before, but then you brought it up again today. Do you now acknowledge there was no reason for anyone to shoot lasers at Apollo 12?
Jack by the hedge,
The point about Apollo 12 Jack by the Hedge is that everyone knows exactly where it is. Apollo 12 is at the Surveyor 3 site.
Now, say for yuks, some French dude, I am told they had great lasers, wanted to see if they could "get their picture taken". So they fire a laser, say a beam much much much stronger than the Jet Propulsion Lab's 1 watt argon beam that Surveyor VII filmed.
Say the French guys are running their laser continuously, not pulsing it. It doesn't have to be the French, but we'll use them because of their laser expertise. Now they hope Bean, and his CMDR will take a shot or two of the planet Earth while those guys are up there. Armstrong got a couple shots, not so great, but got them. So these guys are hoping to see their laser beam in official NASA photos. Might even be a good idea to plan such photos as part of the mission's authentication.
Now, this would be innocent enough. BUT, assume Apollo to be fraudulent, then someone might really scheme to blindside you with a strong beam(s), continuously, might even try from different locations on Earth. If they do not see their lasers, and assuming the earth was photographed at the time, they would at least know for themselves that Apollo was bogus. Perhaps they could not prove it to the world, but they could tweak people pretty good by pointing this out and then really nail them on future missions by say challenging the astronauts/NASA to really make an effort to photograph lasers to prove that they are up there.
I say from where I sit, somewhere not on the moon, that Bean too was not on the moon. He was instructed, it was scripted , to have this camera malfunction thing, so that laser light at least with regard to this one camera, would not be a concern. Check out the Apollo 12 shots. I have not looked at many, but I imagine they avoid taking pictures of the Earth as well from the lunar surface, just like 11 avoided taking moonscape/earth pictures. I'll look into it, but am proceeding one step at a time.
And your question really is a great one, and I really will continue to make a strong effort to resound to you Jack by the Hedge.