markp@azure.UUCP (Mark Paulin) (01/16/84)
Neil Armstrong says about the missing "a": "That's what I meant to say, and
that's what I thought I said."
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
^
Also, one of the last moon landings left a working camera on the lunar
surface -- they got some great shots of the return portion of the LEM
blasting off; plus, a camera aboard the LEM filmed the lunar surface as
they took off. My question is this: Is the American flag which was left
planted in the lunar surface still standing, or was it knocked down by the
rocket exhaust and associated debris? Which mission was that, anyway?
From the comfy chair of:
Mark Paulin
...tektronix!tekmdp!markpdanhart@aluxp.UUCP (01/20/84)
What I heard was, " One small step for a man ..." I never understood why the MEDIA reported what I did not hear, but I assumed that they were reporting the preprinted script and Major(?) Armstrong screwed up and spoke wrong. I greatly preferred the "A" version. The Wanderer aluxp!danhart
jax@sequent.UUCP (02/03/84)
What I heard was, " One small step for a man ..." I never understood why the MEDIA reported what I did not hear, but I assumed that they were reporting the preprinted script and Major(?) Armstrong screwed up and spoke wrong. I greatly preferred the "A" version. The Wanderer aluxp!danhart --------- FYI, Neil Armstrong was a *civilian* test pilot before becoming an astronaut. He set foot on the moon as a civilian working for NASA. -- .jax Jack T. Inman Sequent Computer Systems Portland, Oregon 97229 ...ogcvax!sequent!jax (503) 627-9810