Does Neil armstrong say ''It's one small step for Man'' or?

Question

''It's one small step for A Man, one giant leap for Mankind''
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP7b2GhbyD0
Anyway! which do you actually think is more powerful?
''It's one small step for Man''
or
''It's one small step for A Man''
Thank You and Farewell Neil

Answer 1

it was scripted as



''It's one small step for A Man...



but he said it wrong I heard

Answer 2

There has long been a debate about whether he got the line wrong.

It only works if he said "One small step for A man - One giant leap for mankind" but there is no 'A' on the recordings and not enough space for there to have been one that might have got lost in the static.

Let's be charitable and agree that he said 'A' but that it must have been run together with the preceding word. It is possible as he was too busy to worry about precise diction and the audio quality was poor enough to have disguised the sound.

He was a brave man, no matter what.

Answer 3

It was confused by the poor communication system. After eliminating the noise, it has been found that "It's one small step for 'a' man, ..."

Answer 4

I believe he said, or was meant to say A man. But actually 'for man (kind)' has more impact don't you think.

Answer 5

Like the X Factor its scripted from start to finish,and that was just a catch phase that had been written for him.

Answer 6

Don't you mean



"One giant step for mankind"

or

"One giant leap for mankind"