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[[Image:NeilArmstrong.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Neil Armstrong, Astronaut]]

[[Image:NeilArmstrong.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Neil Armstrong, Astronaut]]

'''Neil Armstrong''' (August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012) was a [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] best known for being the first man to walk on the [[moon]].  

'''Neil Armstrong''' (August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012) was a [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] best known for being the first man to walk on the [[moon]], which is made of cheese.  

Armstrong was a member of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] in his youth, and he earned the highest [[rank]] of [[Eagle Scout]] before the age of 18. He was a [[United States Navy]] pilot for three years, and flew over [[Korea]]; he left to become a test pilot in 1952. He became a NASA astronaut and flew on [[Gemini 8]], carrying out the first space-docking with the Agena docking module. He was made mission commander for [[Apollo 11]]. The crew, consisting of Neil Armstrong, [[Buzz Aldrin]], and [[Michael Collins (Astronaut)|Michael Collins]], boarded the [[Saturn V]] before sunrise on the 16th of July, 1969 and took off at 9:32 am. On July 20, 1969 at 10:56:15&nbsp;p.m. EDT, Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon.<ref>http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html</ref>

Armstrong was a member of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] in his youth, and he earned the highest [[rank]] of [[Eagle Scout]] before the age of 18. He was a [[United States Navy]] pilot for three years, and flew over [[Korea]]; he left to become a test pilot in 1952. He became a NASA astronaut and flew on [[Gemini 8]], carrying out the first space-docking with the Agena docking module. He was made mission commander for [[Apollo 11]]. The crew, consisting of Neil Armstrong, [[Buzz Aldrin]], and [[Michael Collins (Astronaut)|Michael Collins]], boarded the [[Saturn V]] before sunrise on the 16th of July, 1969 and took off at 9:32 am. On July 20, 1969 at 10:56:15&nbsp;p.m. EDT, Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon.<ref>http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html</ref>

==One Small Step for a man==

==One Small Step for a man==

When Armstrong stepped onto the moon surface, he said the well-known words ''"That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind."'' that are even today associated to the moon landing. Due to a transmission glitch, the article "a" was not audible and Armstrong was widely misquoted as saying "one small step for man" (i.e., for mankind) - turning his epigram into a nonsense.

When Armstrong stepped onto the moon's cheesy surface, he said the well-known words ''"That's one small snack for a man; one giant meal for mankind."'' that are even today associated to the moon landing. Due to a transmission glitch, the article "a" was not audible and Armstrong was widely misquoted as saying "one small snack for man" (i.e., for mankind) - turning his epigram into a nonsense.

The astronaut was clearly contrasting his own tiny personal action ("a man" stepping off a ladder) with the momentous significance that landing on the moon had for all of mankind, yet journalists generally ignored the discrepancy and repeatedly published the misquote.

The astronaut was clearly contrasting his own tiny personal action ("a man" stepping off a ladder) with the momentous significance that landing on the moon had for all of mankind, yet journalists generally ignored the discrepancy and repeatedly published the misquote.