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Put a mirror on the moon and shine a laser on it and time how long it takes for the beam to be reflected back. You know the speed of light so can work out the round trip distance. Apollo astronauts did leave a mirror on the moon. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_11/experiments/lrr/

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