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Neil Armstrong's Moon Landing Blunder

April 12th 2006 00:13

One small step for... what?

“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong.

Now we’ve all heard this one! Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, uttered this profound statement during his moon landing in July, 1969. Apparently he was so nervous at the time that he didn’t actually say what he would have rehearsed over and over. His speech was supposed to be “That’s one small step for a man…etc”. Of all speeches to bugger up, Neil decides to pick the first ever human moon landing!

If you were to research the meanings of ‘man’ and ‘mankind’, you’ll find the two words are synonymous. They both cover 'all human beings'. So if the quote Neil actually did perform was the correct one, then he would just be contradicting himself with the small step and giant leap business wouldn't he? He'd basically be saying it's a small step for man, and a giant leap for man too! But when one says ‘a man’ it refers to a particular person of the human race. So if Mr Armstrong gave this quote properly, he would be contrasting the two phrases ‘a man’ and ‘mankind’, instead of giving us two different words with essentially the same meaning.

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Comment by AdamB

April 12th 2006 01:48

I wonder if Neil's next quote was something along the lines of "oh shit."

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Comment by RachDegab

April 12th 2006 02:00

Yeah it probably was! We should check out the original telecast of the moon landing...

Comment by Jimbo

April 13th 2006 00:12

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Hah! I think he pretty much got away with that one - this is the first I've heard of his mistake.

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Comment by GnomeProject

January 18th 2007 20:55

Actually, there was a radio glitch as he said "a man" -- and Armstrong always claimed that he said it correctly. Listen carefully to the recording.

Comment by RachDegab

January 18th 2007 21:31

Wow! What do you know! Thanks for that GnomeProject.

Comment by Anonymous

June 11th 2007 13:43

I think that Neil Armstrong is COOL!!!

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