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 sa