I don't know if this is really true or not but I got it from a pretty
reliable source. Can anyone validate it?
Lunar Landing - True story.
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 a 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.
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 responded. Mr. Gorsky had died and so
Neil Armstrong felt he could finally 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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