Famous Astronaut Neil Armstrong Quote During Moon Walk
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 man, one giant leap for mankind," were televised to earth and heard by millions.
But just before he reentered the Lander, h e made the enigmatic remark "good luck, Mr. Gorsky."
Many people at NASA though 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
Mr. Gorsky had died, so Neil Armstrong felt he could answer the question.
In 1938 when he was a kid in a small mid-west town, he was pla ying baseball with a friend in the backyard.
His friend hit the 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!"
True story.
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did he improvise it right there on
the Disney sound stage?
Comment by Dugg— 2006/06/30 @ 11:32 PM — (Reply)
I wonder if Mr. Gorsky used Armstrong's line with his wife.
Comment by Always On Watch— 2006/07/01 @ 08:14 AM — (Reply)
Comment by Barry G.— 2006/07/01 @ 10:11 PM — (Reply)
Claim: Immediately after Neil Armstrong uttered his famous "That's one small step for man . . ." quote during the historic first moon landing, he added the cryptic phrase, "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky!" Not until over twenty-five years later did Armstrong reveal that Mr. Gorsky was a former neighbor, whose wife had proclaimed that she would give him oral sex "when the kid next door walks on the moon."
Status: False.
Any doubts about the veracity of this legend are laid to rest by the NASA transcripts of the Apollo 11 mission, which record no such statement having been made by Armstrong. Armstrong himself said in late 1995 that he first heard the anecdote delivered as a joke by comedian Buddy Hackett in California.
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.htm
Comment by pigboy— 2007/09/09 @ 01:50 AM — (Reply)
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