2007-12-04 09:10:13 · 9 answers · asked by The Judge 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
"The context of the statement is what matters. Armstrong wished to convey that what he did at that moment was perhaps the action of one man; A man, but the ramifications of that small step meant that Mankind as a whole had successfully accomplished the greatest endeavour it had ever undertaken. It was a statement of both grandeur and humility."
"Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life."
"Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps."
"If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a tiny one, but trust that it may be the largest one possible for now."
"Step by step one goes very far."
"When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us."
"If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone."
"No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things."
http://quotationsbook.com/search/quotes/?term=one+small+step+for+a+man&page=6
2007-12-04 09:12:35 · answer #1 · answered by C H R I S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That the astronaut took one step on to the moon, but mankind took a giant leap in exploring space.
2007-12-04 09:13:20 · answer #2 · answered by techtwosue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mix up. Armstrong was suppose to say "One small step for mankind, one giant leap for man."
2007-12-04 09:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by j_son_06 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chris had a great response, but i think he was looking at it from too broad a picture. One small step for man - I as a man am about to step out into something that no man has done before. One small step for mankind - This is the beginning of something that should affect life on this planet for years to come.
My definition as i see it.
2007-12-04 09:14:42 · answer #4 · answered by daddy280 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neil Armstrong became into comparing the step he became into taking (a small one for one guy), to the large step it became into for all of mankind to succeed in the Moon, and positioned him in a concern the place he ought to honestly take a small step on a distant places physique. of path, he the two dropped the "a" or it have been given lost in the transmission, so the way it became into recorded does not make a fabulous variety of expertise... yet he truly meant to declare "a guy."
2016-10-10 06:12:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The one small step was stepping onto the moon's surface, the one giant leep for Mankind was stepping onto the moon/something other than earth/going somewhere no one else has ever gone before.
Chris, who has time to answer all questions like that???
2007-12-04 09:13:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it just means that although it was just one step by one man on the moon, it was a great leap in technology to get to the moon in the first place. Or was it a film studio in California.......???
2007-12-04 09:13:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's referring to his own act as small in relation to the giant idea of people visiting the moon.
2007-12-04 09:14:02 · answer #8 · answered by Jane S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UM, you are kidding I hope. Neil Armstrong was given the phrase to say as he touched the surface of the moon.
2007-12-04 09:20:23 · answer #9 · answered by dtwladyhawk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋