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No, the radio waves bounce off the moon's surface. The retroreflectors are not necessary for that, otherwise stuff like Earth-Venus-Earth bounces[1] would not be possible.

[1]: https://amsat-dl.org/en/earth-venus-earth-experiment-of-amsa...




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