in nonfiction Some sources attribute to Mother, May I? the inspiration for Neil Armstrong’s famous words when setting foot on the moon (“That’s one small step for [a] man . . . ."). In the Discovery and Science Channel's 2019 documentary, Apollo: The Forgotten Films, Kotcho Solacoff, listed as “Neil Armstrong’s close friend,” said that when he asked Armstrong about the source of his words, Armstrong said that on the way to the moon he was thinking about the game, Mother, May I?, in which you take small steps and giant steps to reach the goal. No other source reports this explanation directly from Armstrong, but his brother speculated that the game was Armstrong's inspiration. See also Red light, green light Simon says References Children's games