it disturbs me that the record can be so thoroughly changed and promoted as factual.
Inquisitive,
I believe you got the "doctored" tape. I was in front of a TV, very alert and cognizant. I remember distinctly what he said because it caught my ear when he said "a man". I remember thinking to myself, "Why didn't he say man or mankind?" The next day NASA corrected it in a news release.
Mr Al,
I am not defaming Armstrong for saying what he did, but it disturbs me that the record can be so thoroughly changed and promoted as factual. In this case, it doesn't matter too much. But in other situations, who knows? I always thought oral history as practiced by primative tribes did not compare very well with recording methods available to more civilized peoples. However, after witnessing a historical event, I think oral history might have some advantages.
Ratch
Right now, on talk radio, they are talking about how the moon landings were filmed in a hanger at aria 51.
Right now, on talk radio, they are talking about how the moon landings were filmed in a hanger at aria 51. And now, with Armstrong gone, they think it is time to bring this up again. Will they never give up?
Armstrong has (had) more guts than all of us put to together.
So you are saying that you heard "a man" on the original broadcast? And they dropped the 'a' later by removing it from the tape?
Gadzooks, One of Americas hero's is no longer with us.
Mr Al,
Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. And they also changed the transcript.
Ratch
Unfortunately that was a long time ago and the mind has a way of perverting things that are far distance in the past.
You're asking me to believe in your memory over everything i have read so far about this issue.
That's not that i dont believe what you say, but i know that memories get distorted sometimes and this is not particular to any one person but happens to a lot of people.
Doubts spring up for example, why did they have to do a computer analysis of the recording then?
Also, why would they change it, to serve what purpose?
Can you offer some sort of proof that it happened the way you said it did so very very long ago? This would be very interesting.
It makes me wonder where mankind would be today if money was better spent on feeding our hungry and advancing our growth,
instead of on trillion dollar aircraft carriers so we can go to some impoverished country and shoot up camel herders.
As for Mr Armstrong being buried on the moon, although that might rekindle a certain amount of support and interest in moon activity it does sound a little cheesy.
Anyway, Mars is where it's at, my preference would be to grow serious infrastructure in orbit, a space city, and possibly a large moon base, then a Mars base. We have to start reaching out to the stars again sooner or later.
I have no idea why TV agencies are producing and permitting the broadcast of such pseudo science gibberish fantasies.
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