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-Removed-According to Armstrong's brother, Neil showed him what he planned to say four months earlier, during a game of Risk between the two. It was written on a piece of paper. The idea and actual phrase (with the "a" added) was all Neil Armstrong's doing. NASA encouraged astronauts to show real emotions and say real thoughts in such situations. He was not fed what to say. This is all according to Neil himself (except the Risk game with his brother). Neil either forgot to say the "a" during the landing, or the audio didn't pick it up, depending on who you believe.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidThat would’ve been funny
Apparently, Armstrong was also toying with the more jokey phrase:
"Ahhh it's biting my foot!" (Just to mess with the guys in Mission Control).
I would’ve gone with
“Theres a really strong smell of cheese Houston”
But then I do like 🧀
@wolfe63 saidSo the question now, are we in the US going to win the SECOND space race to the moon, with China now in the game?
And perhaps the "lunatic" response could have been:
"Eagle, try venting the pelvic port."
I had to admit I had a ball working on Apollo back in the day. Atomic clocks and transponders were my game back then.
