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Louis Dijour Smullin, second from left, looks at data results with Giorgio Fiocco and others from the RLE group that measured the distance to the moon with an optical maser. Original Credit Line: MIT Photo Service.

Original Caption: "Dr. Louis Smullin (left center) and Dr. Giorgio Fiocco (right center) of M.I.T. Research Laboratory of Electronics go over data with associates which showed the group had successfully sent bursts of light from an optical maser to the moon and received reflections back."