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Akwestland
23-06-2015, 11:47 AM
This was passed on to me the other week. I do not know how true it is but I thought I would put it on here, if nothing else, for a laugh.


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 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 NEIGHBOUR'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.
Do pass it on, it's too choice not to be shared

Cheers,

Andrew & Kim

TheCrazedLog
23-06-2015, 11:52 AM
Unfortunately, anything that circulates that has the statement "This is a true story" (or words to that effect) is generally not.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.asp

No record in the transcript apparently (Though I haven't gone through said transcript)

RB
23-06-2015, 11:54 AM
Yes I've heard that too (no not that remark from my neighbour) but about what Neil meant by that remark.

:lol:

Who knows :shrug:

Akwestland
23-06-2015, 12:51 PM
I, like others, am always very suspicious of "true stories" and I am even more reluctant to pass them on as I do not like the chance of adding to these fallacy, but I thought this maybe the right place to "sound this one out".

Cheers,

Andrew & Kim.

FlashDrive
23-06-2015, 12:58 PM
:lol:

traveller
23-06-2015, 01:14 PM
;)

deanm
23-06-2015, 01:35 PM
In the versions I've heard, it's 'oral sex'!

(And, unfortunately, completely debunked).

Dean

UniPol
23-06-2015, 01:38 PM
It's only true if it is in writing :question:

julianh72
23-06-2015, 01:42 PM
It's a surprising fact that if a plausible but fallacious story is repeated sufficiently often, it becomes the truth! ;)

The NASA transcripts make it clear that Neil Armstrong never said it - but he did hear it:

During November 1995, a clever (and slightly risqué) 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 for the ALSJ, "I understand that the joke is a year old. I first heard it in California delivered by (comedian) Buddy Hackett".
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a11/a11.step.html

julianh72
23-06-2015, 01:45 PM
I AM ALWAYS VERY SUSPICIOUS OF ANY EMAIL THAT IS WRITTEN IN BLOCK CAPITALS THROUGHOUT.

(What is it about Nigerian Princes and the originators of Internet Myths - don't they know how to use the "Shift" key? :shrug: )

Neil
28-06-2015, 06:17 PM
I don't care if it's true or not, but I sure got a good laugh, clear skies.:lol: