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Subject: Re: "It 's a small step for man...

Author: Frederic Friedel

Date: 23:52:04 07/22/00

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On July 22, 2000 at 19:40:24, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:

>...butmmmmfgfhiant leap for mankind.
>
>That's what I always heard. Did Neil Armstrong choke in his false teeth while
>saying those words?
>
>And what about "man"?
>Did he say "men"? Did he forget "a" before "man"
>He must have meant "this is a small step for me as a man, but a giant leap for
>the whole of mankind"
>

So somebody noticed! What Armstrong said clearly translates to "one small step
for mankind, but one giant leap for mankind". I checked the sound track
carefully years ago. He said "man" and missed the all-important "a". But we must
remember that it is easy to botch your lines in an exciting situation...



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