"GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY!"
When Apollo mission astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous "one small step for man, one large leap for mankind" statement, but he followed it by several remarks, usually com traffic between himself, the other astronauts, and Mission Control. Just before he reentered the lunar module, however, 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.
Just last year (on 5 July 1995 in Tampa Bay, FL) while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26-year old question. This time, Armstrong finally responded. Mr. Gorsky had finally died and so Armstrong felt he could answer the question.
When he was a kid, he was playing baseball with a friend in the back yard. His friend hit a fly ball that landed in front of his neighbour's bedroom windows. His neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Gorsky. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky, "Oral sex? You want oral sex? You'll get oral sex when the kid next door walks on the moon."
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