Neil Armstrong's Moon Quote Earns an 'A'

NewsMax ^ | 9/30/06 | AP

[BallyBill]

"Roger Twanquility ..." the other goof.

[the anti-liberal]

I'm not sure what your implication is - a non sequitur I suspect - but imo, Liberals are like babies who haven't even taken a first step, but instead lay curled up on their sides, sucking on their thumbs, wailing, whining and gnashing their gums.

[operation clinton cleanup]

I wonder if we're ever going to learn to walk?

A tragic number of decisions in the late 60's and early 70's ensured our current status as LEO visitors.

[Riley]

It's just that it's rare to agree with them on any sort of philisophical basis, about anything at all.

[Steely Tom]

Years ago, Martin Gardner, the editor of the wonderful "Mathematical Games" column in the old Scientifc American, did a short write-up on all the ways the number "11" had turned up in the Apollo mission. He pointed out that the omitted "a" from Armstrong's famous line resulted in it's being exactly 11 words long. Even though Armstrong said that he had pronounced the "a", so strong was the numerological karma that the crucial sound was edited out of the radio transmission as it winged it's way to earth.

[the anti-liberal]

Ah, I understand now. Though they may agree with this one point, I suspect their reasons for agreeing are not in agreement.

[the anti-liberal]

Perhaps that should be LEOO - low earth orbit only.

[Enchante]

Good one!

Bubba: "I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky...... and I am truly committed to aggressively tracking down and killing that vicious camel-humper, Mr. Bin Laden, and dismantling his entire terror organization of camel-humping lunatics!"

There, Bubba's version is now ready for the history books.......

[Roccus]

Is that OJ on the sound stage?????

[monkapotamus]

"Some historians and critics have dogged Armstrong for not saying the more dramatic and grammatically correct, "One small step for a man . . ." in the version he transmitted to NASA's Mission Control."

I suspect that these same historians and critics would have been peeing their pants, hyperventilating, and screaming "mommy get me out of here!!!!!" into the microphone if they were in Armstrong's position at the time.

[truemiester]

That is the edited version.

What really happened was he slipped and said "One small step for a man and one HOLY S***!"

While Buzz did a redneck half gainer off the first step saying "Hey Y'all watch this!"

Kidding! Truly a great moment for America! I can't wait to go back. I would go if I was asked (not holding my breath). And no, I am not being sarcastic. I think the space program is money well spent! I really do.

[Finalapproach29er]

Use Rush's "voice disgronificator" that he uses to translate Teddy Kennedy.

[woofie]

I just found an extra 'is' in Clinton's explanations

[davisfh]

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

It's correct as spoken/written. The "...one small step for man,..." refers to genus man which includes the male and female of the species. The only problem here is that problem with the politically correct crowd and I say, "screw 'em."

[saganite]

I have a colleague from Romania who flew Migs in their Air Force and defected in the 70's. When I asked him why he wanted to be an American his memorable quote was "because the Americans are the only country on Earth who have had men $#!+ on the moon".

[CaptRon]

Since the day I heard it, I've always thought he meant 'One small step for man (the animal), one giant leap for mankind (the toolmaker, inventor, and visionary)'.

I still think there's a meaningful distinction.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I knew it was there all along!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

.

In this new LIBERTY Century...

praise GOD that...
President BUSH is sending us...
back to Earth's Moon,
permanently, and...
then on to the Planet MARS,

...bringing those still living in the 7th Century AD on the Earth...
...along for the ride...?

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[taxcontrol]

I rather like the "original" without the "a".

[RightWhale]

Armstrong knew he blew the line, and that is why the awkward pause in the second part.