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Added on: 13th Jul 2013

> The man in the moon is mythical, but the man on the moon was downright

> earthy.

> 

> "Good Luck Mr. Gorsky"

> 

> IN CASE YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW THIS LITTLE TITBIT OF TRIVIA....

> 

> 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 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

> ABOUT Mr Gorsky TO ARMSTRONG.

> 

> THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED BECAUSE MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, SO NEIL

> ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION.

> 

> HERE IS THE ANSWER TO "WHO WAS MR GORSKY":

> 

> IN 1938, WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MID-WESTERN TOWN , HE WAS

> PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE

> BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S YARD BY THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW.

> 

> HIS NEIGHBOURS 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!"

> 

> It broke the place up..

> 

> NEIL ARMSTRONG'S FAMILY CONFIRMED THIS IS A TRUE STORY.

 

 


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