Good Luck,
Mr. G.
When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil
Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous "One small
step for Man.." line, but followed it by several remarks — the usual COM
traffic between him, the other astronauts and Mission Control. 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 have
questioned him as to what the "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky" statement meant.
On July 5, in Tampa, Florida, while answering questions following a speech,
a reporter brought up the 26-year-old question to Armstrong. He finally
responded. It seems that Mr. Gorsky had died and Armstrong felt he
could at last answer the question.
When he was a kid, Neil was playing
baseball with his brother in the backyard. His brother hit a fly
ball which landed in front of his neighbors' bedroom window. The
neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorksy. As he leaned down to pick up
the ball, he heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky, "Oral sex?
Oral sex, you want? You'll get oral sex when the kid next door walks
on the Moon!"
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