Armstrong Spoke Correctly

The first moon walk.
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Neil Armstrong, astronaut during the first moon landing, has been accused of misspeaking his famous line, neglecting to say the letter "a" before "man." Critics say the quote was supposed to be: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Without the "a," the phrase is unintelligible. However, computer programmer Peter Shann Ford found the missing "a" during an audio analysis. Armstrong did say it, but the syllable was lost to static.

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National Academy of Sciences Advises Return to Lunar Surface

An artist's rendition of the Orion spacecraft. It is planned to take astronauts to the moon by 2020.

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A panel from the National Academy of Sciences declared, "The moon is priceless to planetary scientists." The Academy responded enthusiastically to NASA's planned lunar exploration. President Bush hopes current funding will lead to a landing between 2015 and 2020, a trip that may entail an "extended presence there." Scientists believe the moon's geology holds clues to planetary evolution. NASA recently announced that Lockheed Martin will construct the Orion lunar spacecraft, a replacement of the space shuttle.

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