Was one of America's greatest heroes a liar?
According to a new BBC documentary, liar might be a bit strong but apparently Neil Armstrong did fib a bit about his famous moon-landing speech.
In 'Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon,' the astronaut's brother Dean Armstrong says that Neil's famous "one small step for man" speech was not improvised and that Neil flubbed the line.
Dean was interviewed by the film crew three months after his brother passed away and said during his interview that Neil drew up a version of the speech months before the July 1969 Apollo expedition. Neil's famous speech said "'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
But Dean says that what Neil actually wanted to say was "That's one small step for a man." His proof? An early version of the speech that his brother showed him. And then apparently Neil said, afterwards, that the article was lost during the static of the broadcast and that he had actually said it.
A computer analysis showed that Armstrong did in fact say "a" before "man." However, Armstrong insisted up until his death that he had improvised the lines.
Whatever the case actually is, it is kind of a jerk move for his brother to come forward with this now, isn't it?