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08-27-2012, 02:19 PM
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW
THIS LITTLE TIDBIT 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 TO ARMSTRONG.
THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED.
MR. GORSKY HAD DIED,
SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD NOW
ANSWER THE QUESTION.
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 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. It broke the place up.
THIS LITTLE TIDBIT 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 TO ARMSTRONG.
THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED.
MR. GORSKY HAD DIED,
SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD NOW
ANSWER THE QUESTION.
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 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. It broke the place up.