APOLLO 11 remembered

[Moose]

With the Space Shuttle home again, I thought I'd share this.

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 THOUGH 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

[bigscrub79]

That is funny, i bet Mr. Gorsky was jumping off the walls when Neil walked on the moon.

[SwampRat]

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.

Did you realize that he screwed this line up.  He was supposed to say:

"That's one small step for A man...one giant leap for mankind"

Without the "a" before man it makes no sense.  Just a little space trivia.

Welcome home Discovery!