> >
> > >GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU SMILE. . . . . ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S A TRUE
> > STORY.
> > >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 REENTERED 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 TO
> > >ARMSTRONG. THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED. MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, SO
> > NEIL
> > >ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION.
> > >IN 1938 WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MIDWEST TOWN, HE WAS PLAYING
> > BASEBALL
> > >WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED
> > IN HIS
> > >NEIGHBOR'S YARD BY THE BEDROOM WINDOWS. 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! "
> > >TRUE STORY.
> >