Apollo 11 facts often get twisted in retelling
source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31965103/ns/technology_and_science-space/
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As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first human footprint on the moon, retellings of the Apollo 11 story often note that Neil Armstrong flubbed the word “a” in his famous line, “That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
But the tale-tellers often commit a flub themselves, by misunderstanding the very nature of that “one small step.”
The misunderstanding is far more than a semantic anomaly, or a “Trivia Quiz” question. It goes to the core of what Armstrong meant to convey with his remarkably insightful verbal contrast.
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But the tale-tellers often commit a flub themselves, by misunderstanding the very nature of that “one small step.”
The misunderstanding is far more than a semantic anomaly, or a “Trivia Quiz” question. It goes to the core of what Armstrong meant to convey with his remarkably insightful verbal contrast.
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