Re: A true story ? (fwd)

[David Marx <dtmarx@SIU.EDU>]

This story is totally false...but funny.
        You can find the following at various places around the internet.



              Re: The Mr. Gorsky Joke

              I have to tell you that the "Mr. Gorsky" story is actually
not true at all. The story is completely ephemeral, made up by comedian
Buddy Hackett as part of his stand-up routine.

              Woody Smith NASA HQ WWW Curator: Following quote from the
Apollo Lunar Surface Journal:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a11/ "One small step":
During
              November 1995, a clever (and rather risqué) story was widely
circulated on the Internet concerning a statement Neil is supposed to have
made during the Apollo 11 EVA. At the
              suggestion of several readers, let me state that Neil never
said "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky" at any time during the mission. Indeed, on
November 28, 1995, Neil wrote, "I understand that the
              joke is a year old. I first heard it in California delivered
by (comedian) Buddy Hackett."

              --Information provided by Jerry Stone, jstone@uk.mdis.com




> The tale below was forwarded to me for verification.  It's not a tale I'd
> heard before - can anyone on the list provide a definitive yea or nay on
> whether this is history or urban legend (which it certainly sounds like - I
> don't recall the comment, and I was 18 years old and glued to my television
> during the Apollo 11 moonwalk.)?
>
> Please answer off-list, since this isn't really physics or physics education
> related!
>
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> > I have seen this over and over.  I can't believe it is true.  Do you know?
> >
> >
> >
> > Subject: great true story
> >
> > 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 reentered 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!"