When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong
first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous" one small step for
man, one giant leap for mankind" statement but followed it by several
remarks, the usual traffic talk between him, the other astronauts and Mission
Control. Just before he re-entered the lunar module, however, 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 FL, 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 finally died and so Neil Armstrong felt he could
answer the question. When he was a kid, he was playing baseball with a friend
in the backyard. His friend hit a fly ball, which landed in the front of his
neighbor's bedroom windows. His neighbors were Mr. & 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!"
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