Proper noun
man on the moon
Alternative form of man in the moon
I think about the personal accomplishment, but there's more of a sense of the grand achievement by all the people who could put this man on the moon. Alan Shepard
What will it profit this country if we... put our man on the Moon by 1970 and at the same time you can't walk down Woodward Avenue in this city without fear of some violence? Jerome Cavanagh
I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next to it. Kathryn Lasky
We had risen to probably one of the greatest challenges in history, put a man on the moon in the decade. We'd created incredible technologies. But what was most important, we'd created the teams, what I call the human factor. Gene Kranz
If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like I was the first man on the moon and he became the second. If he wins more than seven, then he becomes the first man on Mars. We'd both be unique. Mark Spitz
Was putting a man on the moon actually easier than improving education in our public schools? B. F. Skinner