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JoeAltmaier
on June 16, 2010
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Measure the Speed of Light Using Your Microwave
Sure you can. Ham operators bounce a wave off the moon. Time the round trip. Speed of light. Or send a blip thru a spool of fibre optic cable, measure the transit time. It CAN be directly measured.
sliverstorm
on June 17, 2010
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So how did you figure out how far away the moon was?
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