A true story.............
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, usual common 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 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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