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To: MeanWestTexan

I think that the Apollo missions left retroreflectors. Good as any seismometer, and externally “powered”, too.


19 posted on 07/30/2026 11:48:38 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Sadly, retroreflectors measure the distance to/from the Moon and do not measure seismic activity.

There was an Indian mission to the moon in 2012 or so that had a seismometer, but it shut down after 12 days (by design).

The new Luna missions will have multiple different kinds of tools to measure seismic activity.


30 posted on 07/30/2026 12:01:06 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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