Good luck Mr. Gorsky.
Posted by: clean-hewmor-owner <clean-hewmor-owner@...>
When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon,
he not only gave his famous "one small step for a man, one giant leap
for mankind" statement, but followed it by several remarks (usual
comments-traffic between him the other astronauts and Mission Control).
Just before he re-entered the lander, 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 front of his
neighbors' bedroom window. 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!"
True story!