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Originally Posted by Akwestland
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
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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/Hi.../a11.step.html