Niel Armstrong finally explains moon quote

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Niel Armstrong finally explains moon quote

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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-WESTERNTOWN , 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!"
>
> It broke the place up.
>
> NEIL ARMSTRONG'S FAMILY CONFIRMED THIS IS A TRUE STORY.
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Mr. & Mrs. Gorsky must have left quite an impression on young Mr. Armstrong
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:lol:
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lol what are the odds
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:thumbup: :lol:
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it was all for mr gorsky :thumbup:
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Funny, but unfortunately false.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.asp
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StarfisherEcho wrote:Funny, but unfortunately false.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.asp
Such a party pooper star :lol:
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StarfisherEcho wrote:Funny, but unfortunately false.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.asp
yeah i had looked it up as soon as i got it but it was such a good read....
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