one small step...

RIP Neil Armstrong.  I remembered that he actually got it wrong, by saying "one small step for man" instead of  "one small step for A man", showing the power of the article in English  - something I endeavour to get across to my Russian colleagues, with limited succcess.  But he was a native speaker of English and he got it wrong.  It didn't really matter though.  We knew what he meant. I was 15 that year.  The excitement of the new.  Rest in peace Neil.  I remember your colleague Buzz Aldrin punching a moon-landings denier in the face on live TV, which was great fun, but that is another story.