Looks to me like you didn't even read the article. I acknowledged that lunar ranging was done prior to Apollo, but millimeter precision was never possible without the retroreflectors because the surface of the moon is not smooth to mm resolution. Moon rocks have been studied by wide-ranging scientists around the world, not just NASA scientists. Links to their research are provided in the index of moon rocks I posted. Have you looked at any of them? You didn't address the third line of affirmative evidence I put forward: photographs of the landing sites by NASA, Indian, and Chinese lunar orbiters. I made it clear that I was not setting out to do a systematic refutation of all the "objections" people have come up with. These are out there in abundance already, including the Van Allen belt issues. If you really wanted to come to terms with these questions you could look them up and engage with them directly. If you were a truth seeker you would seek out the evidence on the other side. I'm not out to debunk every half baked claim people throw out there. I am out to give truth seekers a rational perspective to think about.