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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!"