Landing on the Moon Speech

Landing on the Moon Speech- Neil Armstrong

I’m going to step off the land now

its one small step for man

one giant leap for man kind

well the uh

surface is fine and powdery

i can pick it up loosely with my toe

id does adhere to be fine layers

like uh powdered charcoal

to the uh sole and the sides of my boots

I only go in uh

a fraction of an inch

maybe an 1/8th of an inch

the footprint of my uh

from the treads in the fine sandy particles

hey this is houston were copying

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Who is speaking? Neil Armstrong

Why was/is the speech important to society? This is the first time we landed on the moon. It is important because it shows an advance in technology for our society. 

Why do you feel in is important or interesting? I think it is interesting and important because how many speeches are given in space?

What is the emotion, mood, tone, personality, feeling of the speech? its nervous at first but then exciting

What is intonation, emphasis, what is loud, stressed, or soft. Where are there pauses… lots of pauses because they are going back and front. emphasized is “one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind”. things that Neil are saying are mostly important because he is the one in space, while the Houston crew is just prompting the questions 

What do you FEEL should be loud or soft, long pause or rushed? i feel the descriptions of the moon should be loud, the questions can be soft because they aren’t as important as the responses, long should be the quote “one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind”. rushed should be the beginning because it is a bit repetitive. 

Is there a call to action? When listening to it what are key/emphasized words? There is not really a call to action. This speech is a bit different because only a few lines were rehearsed, not all of it is a speech but a conversation instead. 

How does it make you feel? excited 

How do imagine that the audience felt? very happy that he survived

Could there be another interpretation of the speech? not really it is pretty straight forward. Although, some people do believe that it was fake and staged. 

Write/find a short bio, of the person giving the speech.

 Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio,

on August 5, 1930. He began his NASA career in Ohio.

Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962. He was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission. Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space.

As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface.

He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California. He holds honorary doctorates from a number of universities.

Armstrong was decorated by 17 countries. He was the recipient of many special honors.

Armstrong passed away on Aug. 25, 2012 following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82.