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Good luck Mr. Gorsky
« on: Dec 6th, 2006, 8:01pm » |
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When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" statement but followed it by several remarks, usual communication traffic between him, the other astronauts and Mission Control.
Just before he re-entered the lander, however, he made this 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 Mr. 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 5th, 2005 in Tampa Bay FL, 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 finally died so Armstrong felt he could answer the question.
When he was a kid he was a kid he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit a fly ball which landed in the front of his neighbors bedroom windows. His neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky.
As he leaned down to pick up the ball young Mr. 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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Re: Good luck Mr. Gorsky
« Reply #1 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 2:30pm » |
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As the line from the film says ''Not a Lot of People Know That'' said by Michael Caine.
Cheers Roy 
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