Did Neil Armstrong really say “that's one small step for a man”?

Re:Did Neil Armstrong really say “that's one small step for ... by kordless on Monday July 21, 2014 @02:22AM (#8062695)

He's quoted as saying he said the A. Anything else is just us making up some rationalization to fit what we think it is.

And the whole time, there's this guy who was the FIRST GUY ON THE FUCKING MOON and we're not going to believe HIM? I mean, who can you believe if you can't believe him?

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Re:Did Neil Armstrong really say “that's one small step for ... by Crito on Monday July 21, 2014 @02:36AM (#8062727)

> "I mean, who can you believe if you can't believe him?"

Well since we have a recording, I think that believing our own ears is a reasonable option.

I think that most of us have misspoken in the past without realizing it. It's similar to botching a sentence on paper, but reading it back to yourself correctly while proofreading it. It happens. As such, I think it is more than possible that Armstrong meant to say "a", thought he said "a", but did not say "a".

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Re:Did Neil Armstrong really say “that's one small step for ... by dfxm12 on Monday July 21, 2014 @10:57AM (#8063951)

Or maybe he said the "a" and the recording equipment didn't pick it up.

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Re:Did Neil Armstrong really say “that's one small step for ... by serge2k on Monday July 21, 2014 @02:34AM (#8062718)

The billions who have heard the tapes and didn't hear the A?

People misspeak all the time.

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