On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set footon the moon.
His first words after stepping on the moon, “that’s one
small step for 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, 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,
so Neil Armstrong felt he could now answer the question.
In 1938, when he was a kid in a small mid-western town,
he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His
friend hit the ball, which landed in his neighbor’s yard
by their bedroom window. 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. It broke the place up.
