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That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
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What would you have said if you were the first person on the moon?
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Phantaxus -
I didn't mean you had the quote wrong. I meant that NASA may have edited the version released to the world, so we all have it wrong.
It's the timing which seems odd. It goes:
That's one small step for man, one [... ... ...] giant leap for mankind.
I think maybe he got carried away by the occasion, and said, say, "helluva". We couldn't have had that, could we? (And will Answerbank allow me to say it...?)
But maybe he was just choking back the emotion.
Well I would have got it right for starters. I would have said, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
What Neil Armstrong (sidenote: his name backwards is "Gnorts, Mr. Alien") effectively said, was "That's one small step for mankind, one giant leap for mankind."
And on the subject of the missing word(s) in his (wrong) sentence, I would put forward the suggestion: "That's one small step for [sic] man, one Jolly Green Giant leap for mankind."
What Neil Armstrong (sidenote: his name backwards is "Gnorts, Mr. Alien") effectively said, was "That's one small step for mankind, one giant leap for mankind."
And on the subject of the missing word(s) in his (wrong) sentence, I would put forward the suggestion: "That's one small step for [sic] man, one Jolly Green Giant leap for mankind."