[meteorite-list] The Missing Word

[Darren Garrison]

On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 00:17:27 -0500, you wrote:

>
>    An AP wire story says an Australian computer programmer
>using specialized sound software has analyzed the tape of Neil
>Armstrong's famous phrase when first setting foot on the Moon
>and determined that Armstrong said (and NASA received) the
>missing "a" in "That's one small step for [a] man..." even though
>it's not audible to most listeners...

I don't buy it.  Listen for yourself-- there is no gap, no pause, and no unusual
static between "for" and "man".  It goes smoothly from one word to the next.

http://www.nasa.gov/62284main_onesmall2.wav

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/onesmall.asp