>
> 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 re-entered 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!"
>
> True story