21 July 2004 - one small step

“When you lost attitude control... it diverges—not very slowly.” — Neil Armstrong

That’s test-pilot speak for “Suddenly it went out of control.” Armstrong made the correct split-second decision and safely ejected from the failed Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, and later went on to land a Lunar Module for which ejection seats would have been no use. Yet he wasn’t able to avoid another accident of English: That’s one small step for A man!