Freitag, 24. Oktober 2003
Good luck, Mr. Gorsky.
rostami, 19:18h
It's well known that astronaut Neil Armstrong's first remark on the moon was, "That's one small step for a man..." Was is less well known is a brief statement said half under his breath when he was re-entering the lunar capsule after the first moon-walk. He said, "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky." That part wasn't on the major network feeds and was only heard by a few journalists who later listened to the complete tapes.
Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning Russia. That perhaps some cosmonaut named Gorsky was Armstrong's rival and that it was some blow below the belt at Russia's failed attempt at a moon landing. However, upon checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs. Who was Gorsky? People always confronted Armstrong and asked about Gorsky and Neil would turn red and smile, but never talked about it.
Recently at a press conference in Florida a reporter brought up the enigmatic Gorsky to Armstrong. He asked the question that many reporters had attempted to ask and never got an answer. "Who the Hell is this Gorsky guy you talked about while on the moon?" For 26 years he avoided the question because he didn't want to embarrass Mr. Gorsky. But this time it was the reporter's lucky day Armstrong finally responded. Mr. Gorsky had died so Neil felt that answering the question wouldn't harm anyone.
Armstrong related the story that when he was a kid, he played baseball with a friend of his. Armstrong threw a pitch and his friend hit a pop fly ball, which landed in the front of his neighbor's bedroom window. Mr. & Mrs. Gorsky were his neighbors. Neil ran to get the ball. As he leaned down to pick it up, he couldn't help but overhear Mrs. Gorsky yelling at Mr. Gorsky. There she was screaming at the top of her lungs "Oral sex! You want oral sex?! You'll get oral sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"
Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning Russia. That perhaps some cosmonaut named Gorsky was Armstrong's rival and that it was some blow below the belt at Russia's failed attempt at a moon landing. However, upon checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs. Who was Gorsky? People always confronted Armstrong and asked about Gorsky and Neil would turn red and smile, but never talked about it.
Recently at a press conference in Florida a reporter brought up the enigmatic Gorsky to Armstrong. He asked the question that many reporters had attempted to ask and never got an answer. "Who the Hell is this Gorsky guy you talked about while on the moon?" For 26 years he avoided the question because he didn't want to embarrass Mr. Gorsky. But this time it was the reporter's lucky day Armstrong finally responded. Mr. Gorsky had died so Neil felt that answering the question wouldn't harm anyone.
Armstrong related the story that when he was a kid, he played baseball with a friend of his. Armstrong threw a pitch and his friend hit a pop fly ball, which landed in the front of his neighbor's bedroom window. Mr. & Mrs. Gorsky were his neighbors. Neil ran to get the ball. As he leaned down to pick it up, he couldn't help but overhear Mrs. Gorsky yelling at Mr. Gorsky. There she was screaming at the top of her lungs "Oral sex! You want oral sex?! You'll get oral sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"