Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky

We interrupt our regularly-scheduled program of COVID-19 humor to bring you this interesting but off-topic story. It just came in from a friend.

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 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 and never answered.

On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, Florida, while answering questions following a speech, Armstrong was asked again. A reporter brought up the 26-year-old question about Mr. Gorsky and this time the famous astronaut finally responded. It turns out that this Mr. Gorsky had just died, so 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, Armstrong 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.

Armstrong went into the Gorskys' yard to retrieve the ball. As he leaned down next to the window to pick it up, 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!"

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Armstrong's family confirmed that this was a true story.