Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky


When Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, he made an enigmatic 
remark: "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky."  The comment was captured on the radio 
communications between the spacecraft and Mission Control but was not heard 
by the public.  At the time, NASA folks assumed Armstrong was referring to 
some rival Soviet cosmonaut, but there was no Gorsky in the Soviet space 
program.

Armstrong refused to explain the remark, which over time attained cult status 
among space program cognoscenti.

In July, the story continues, Armstrong made a speech in Tampa Bay, where the 
perennial Mr. Gorsky question came up.  This time, Armstrong said he could 
answer, since Mr. Gorsky was now dead.

As a kid, Armstrong said, he lived next door to the Gorskys.  One day he and 
his brother were playing ball in the backyard when his brother hit a pop fly 
that landed in the Gorskys' backyard, right outside their bedroom window.  As 
Armstrong leaned over to pick up the ball, he heard an irate Mrs. Gorsky 
yelling at her husband,

"Oral sex?  Oral sex you want?  You'll get oral sex when the kid next door 
walks on the moon!"