Neil Armstrong's first words after stepping on the moon were:
"That's one small step for Man.
One giant leap for mankind," were televised to earth and heard by millions of people. But just before he re-entered the Lunar 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 about Mr. Gorsky to Armstrong.
This time Armstrong finally responded because Mr. Gorsky had died, so Neil Armstrong felt he could now answer the question.
Here is Armstrong's answer to:
"Who was Mr. Gorsky!"
"In 1938, when Armstrong 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 neighbour's yard by their bedroom window. His neighbours were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Neil 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!"
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