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today. And she rarely writes to me/so I figure it must be legit. <When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong 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 comtraffic between him, the other astronauts and Mission Control. Just before he re-entered the lander, 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. On July 5, 1995 in Tampa Bay, FL, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the question to Armstrong. This time he 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 backyard. His friend hit a fly ball, which landed in the front of his neighbor's bedroom windows. His neighbors were Mr. & 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.> [I can't swear it's true. But no -- it's not an April Fool. I just happened to get her e-mail today.] |
There is also, strangely enough, a song by a British band called "Sleeper" called "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky." |
Next thing y'know/I'll find out Swine is a 12-yr- old farmgirl w/braces & bad acne/living in Wisconsin. It's 6:15 am & I needa drink... |
he said, "it's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." you just can't really hear the "a" in there. |
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remarks were too garbled for them to make out the *a* before 'man' (remember -- this was in the days before digital). But he did say it right. |
i was in the command module with an icepick raping Armstrong's memories of his mom. all audio was taped beforehand for the sake of the media. JFK. |
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