I'm not disturbed by the tense of the verb, as I think the White House was. I think it was correct to say, "We came in peace for all mankind," instead of "We come in peace."

I ... think you might want to be more specific about the date; it's a shame it doesn't say "20 July 1969." It's just "July." And of course, I was known to my family -- and to everyone else I knew -- as "Buzz." Somehow, though, I felt that the formality of the first Moon landing required that "Edwin," my officially registered name, be inscribed. I regret that now. I would change it to "Buzz."

But I think the plaque does give the message that was significant in those days: that this trip was initiated by the Cold War -- but we came in peace to the surface of Moon.