Lunar Lander
Guaranteed to make you smile...
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 finally responded. Mr. Gorsky had
died and so Neil Armstrong felt he could 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.