Neil Armstrong
jc21a40d0-Zatorski
In article <513ne8$g...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> bd...@aol.com (BDein) writes:
> I remember seeing a quote/anecdote on this last awhile back about Neil
> Armstrong.
>
> After his famous words (One small step for man, etc.), he uttered
> something that only NASA could hear. Something to the effect of "Here's
> looking at you, Mr. ?".
>
> Years later, Armstrong said that it was directed at one of his childhood
> neighbors.
> Apparently, as a boy, Armstrong heard the neighbor's wife exclaim that she
> would give the man oral sex, only when the boy next store walked on the
> moon.
>
The story you were thinking of is:
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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 Giant Leap
for Mankind" statement, but followed it by several remarks - usual COM
traffic between him, the other astronauts and Mission Control. 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 nor American space programs.
Over the years, many people have questioned him as to what the "Good
luck, Mr. Gorsky" statement meant. On July 5, in Tampa Bay, FL, while
answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26
year old question to Armstrong. He finally responded. It seems that
Mr. Gorsky had died and so Armstrong felt he could answer the
question. When he was a kid, Neil was playing baseball with his
brother in the backyard. His brother hit a fly ball which landed in
front of his neighbors' bedroom window. The neighbors were Mr. and
Mrs. Gorksy. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, he heard Mrs.
Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky, "Oral sex? Oral sex you want? You'll
get oral sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"
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References
1. http://watt.seas.virginia.edu/~amw5k/jokes/home.html
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The NASA position on this comes from the transcript for the moon landing and states:
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One Small Step
Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright © 1995 by [1]Eric M. Jones.
All rights reserved
[During November 1995, a clever (and rather risque) story was
widely circulated on the Internet concerning a statement Neil is
supposed to have made during the Apollo 11 EVA. At the suggestion
of several readers, let me state that Neil never said "Good luck,
Mr. Gorsky" at any time during the mission. Indeed, on November 28,
1995, Neil wrote, " I understand that the joke is a year old. I
first heard it in California delivered by (comedian) Buddy
Hackett".]
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This can be found at http://venus.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a11/a11.eva.html
JiMZ
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Jim Zatorski - Member of Technical Staff jim...@ihgp.lucent.com
Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs Innovations
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