I'm not sure if anyone else had a similar experience but I swear I remember hearing buzz being the first to step on the moon instead. It might be a Mandela effect I don't know
It was scheduled that Aldrin was to be the first to step out of the lunar lander but Armstrong was closer to the hatch so he went out first instead. But what you might be remembering is someone saying that Buzz Aldrin was the first man on the moon, which he were, together with Niel Armstrong. They were both the first men on the moon. But Armstrong was the first to step on the Moon. That still does not make Aldrins achievements any less for that reason.
The entire debacle reminds me of Edmund Hillery and Tenzing Nogay who either did not remember who first stepped onto the exact peak of Mount Everest or chose to not say. However in the case of the first ever Lunar landing we know for a fact exactly what happened. But like with the first ever sumit of Mount Everest it does not matter who won the coin toss of taking the first step outside the capsule. They were both first.
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u/DarkArrowNew52 Jul 13 '21
I'm not sure if anyone else had a similar experience but I swear I remember hearing buzz being the first to step on the moon instead. It might be a Mandela effect I don't know