Welcome to The Moon
Guaranteed to make you smile, especially since it's a true story:
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, 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!