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HISTORIC astronaut Neil Armstrong celebrated last night after learning he did NOT fluff his famous line when he became the first man on the moon.
Neil, now 76, was heard to say: �That�s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,� when he set foot on the lunar surface in 1969.
The American hero had meant to say �for a man� � and later told officials: �Damn. I blew the first words on the moon, didn�t I?�
Now computer expert Peter Shann Ford has analysed Nasa audio tapes and says Armstrong did indeed say the word �a�.
He used sound-editing software to reveal it was uttered at a rate of 35 milliseconds � ten times too fast to be audible.
Mr Ford, based in Sydney, Australia, said: �I thought Armstrong was such a good pilot, so precise, it�s unlikely he�d actually screw up a line.�
Relieved Armstrong said in a statement last night: �I find the technology interesting and useful. I also find his conclusion persuasive.�
He and colleague Buzz Aldrin, who stepped on the moon seconds later, were watched and heard by 500million people worldwide after landing Apollo 11�s Lunar Excursion Module, dubbed Eagle.
Armstrong � who had written his historic line in advance � had always insisted he said the �a�.
But controversy reigned for 37 years over whether he messed up in the heat of the moment, or whether his word had been simply drowned out by static.
Space agency Nasa sided with him, but in everything from official government documents to encyclopedia entries there was never any certainty.
In his biography First Man, Armstrong tells author Prof James Hansen: �I didn�t intentionally make an inane statement. The �a� was intended. That�s the only way the statement makes any sense.�----
:/ I prefer it without the "a"
Exactly what I thought, it would have been better without the "a" in there.
37 years of controversy eh and it's all over - I for one will be celebrating tonight!
37 years of controversy eh and it's all over - I for one will be celebrating tonight!
Yeah it's more iconic referring to Man as in Humanity, rather than just one person.
HISTORIC astronaut Neil Armstrong celebrated last night after learning he did NOT fluff his famous line when he became the first man on the moon.
Neil, now 76, was heard to say: �That�s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,� when he set foot on the lunar surface in 1969.
The American hero had meant to say �for a man� � and later told officials: �Damn. I blew the first words on the moon, didn�t I?�
Now computer expert Peter Shann Ford has analysed Nasa audio tapes and says Armstrong did indeed say the word �a�.
He used sound-editing software to reveal it was uttered at a rate of 35 milliseconds � ten times too fast to be audible.
Mr Ford, based in Sydney, Australia, said: �I thought Armstrong was such a good pilot, so precise, it�s unlikely he�d actually screw up a line.�
Relieved Armstrong said in a statement last night: �I find the technology interesting and useful. I also find his conclusion persuasive.�
He and colleague Buzz Aldrin, who stepped on the moon seconds later, were watched and heard by 500million people worldwide after landing Apollo 11�s Lunar Excursion Module, dubbed Eagle.
Armstrong � who had written his historic line in advance � had always insisted he said the �a�.
But controversy reigned for 37 years over whether he messed up in the heat of the moment, or whether his word had been simply drowned out by static.
Space agency Nasa sided with him, but in everything from official government documents to encyclopedia entries there was never any certainty.
In his biography First Man, Armstrong tells author Prof James Hansen: �I didn�t intentionally make an inane statement. The �a� was intended. That�s the only way the statement makes any sense.�----
:/ I prefer it without the "a"