This
one is told by John Haskovec and passed on to me by
Karra
"Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky!"
On July 20, 1969, as commander of the Apollo 11 Lunar
Module, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on
the moon. His first words after stepping on the moon,
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for
mankind", were televised to Earth and heard by millions.
But just before he reentered the lander, he made the
enigmatic remark: "Good luck, Mr.Gorsky." Many
people at
NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival
Soviet Cosmonaut. However, upon checking, there was no
Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs.
Over the years many people questioned Armstrong as to what
the "Good luck Mr. Gorsky" statement meant, but Armstrong
always just smiled.
On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, Florida, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26 year old question to Armstrong. This time he finally responded. Mr. Gorsky had died and so Neil Armstrong felt he could answer the question.
In 1938 when he was a kid in a small midwest town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit a fly ball, which landed in his neighbor's yard by the bedroom windows. His neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky. "Sex! You want sex?! You'll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"
True story.
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