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 re-entered 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.
Then, on July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, Florida, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26-year-old question about Mr. Gorsky to Armstrong. This time he finally responded because Mr.
Gorsky had died, so Neil Armstrong felt he could now answer the question - "Who was Mr. Gorsky"?
In 1938, when he was a kid in a small mid-western town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit the ball, which landed in his neighbor's yard by their bedroom window.
His neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky. As he leaned down to pick up he 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!"
Neil Armstrong's family confirmed this is a true story.
Neil Armstrong
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Yes, I must admit I did research after posting it as it was sent to me. There appear to be a number of potential sources, including the comedian Steve Hackett - although there are suggestions that he took it from an internet posting in the late 80s and was not the original source.
Still - it is quite funny, so I left it as posted!
Still - it is quite funny, so I left it as posted!
