Moon-measurer, laser inventor celebrated for Apollo 11 contributions
July 16, 2019
When NASA scientists wanted to measure the distance from Earth to the moon for the first time, they shone a high-powered laser off of a reflecting disk placed on the moon by the astronauts during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. The laser they used 鈥� from its position on earth 鈥� was co-designed by Theodore (Ted) Maiman, inventor of the first laser in 1960 and a former adjunct professor in 丁香园AV鈥檚 School of Engineering Science.
As scientists and citizens commemorate the moon landing this year, the impact of the laser鈥檚 invention knows no bounds.