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| − | "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind", was the phrase Purdue alumni Neil Armstrong planned to say as he stepped foot on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. However, a careful listening of the recording indicates that the phrase he actually uttered is "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind", skipping the "a" before man and thus creating a tautology. | + | "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind", was the phrase Purdue alumni Neil Armstrong planned to say as he stepped foot on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. However, a careful listening of the recording indicates that the phrase he actually uttered is "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind", skipping the "a" before "man" and thus creating a tautology. |
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Homework 9, ECE438, Fall 2010, Prof. Boutin
Due in class, Friday November 12, 2010.
The discussion page for this homework is here.
Question
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind", was the phrase Purdue alumni Neil Armstrong planned to say as he stepped foot on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. However, a careful listening of the recording indicates that the phrase he actually uttered is "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind", skipping the "a" before "man" and thus creating a tautology.
Listen for yourself at either of these links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Frase_de_Neil_Armstrong.ogg
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/a11step.aiff
Using any appropriate DSP technique, investigate whether Neil Armstrong did or did not say "a" before the word "man". Hand in a report of your investigation, including your code. You will get bonus points if you post your report below (using the media wiki markup language; do not post a pdf of your report or a word file!).
CAREFUL: DO NOT PLAGIARIZE.
Post your report for extra credit below
- report 1
- report 2
- report 3
- etc.
