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Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky

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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!"
This really is a true story.