FW: Mr. Gorsky - Neil Armstrong ... Neal in his own thoughts on stepping onto the Moon ... Thx Paul C! Wonderful Repeat

Sam Kegley

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Fwd: Fw: Mr. Gorsky... 1 message

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Paul Claxon

>  > MR. GORSKY >   > IN CASE YOU DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW THIS LITTLE TIDBIT OF WONDERFUL  > 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 ABOUT  > MR.GORSKY AND >   > THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED BECAUSE HIS MR. GORSKY HAD JUST 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 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 THAT >   > THIS IS A TRUE STORY. > -- > Ed McKinney >  >