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!"

is this true

Greetings Ray_on_the_web:

It appears that this story is only accurate as an urban legend and its
origins are attributed to a comedian, the late Buddy Hackett.

Urban Legends at http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blgorsky.htm
reports "This whopper has been circulating for years by email and can
be found on dozens of Websites accompanied by the claim that it's
"really true."  But it's false, as anyone can verify by perusing the
official lunar landing transcript on NASA's Apollo 11 site (audio &
video clips included)."

The official transcript is located at
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.step.html - in the preface of the
transcript is stated:
"During November 1995, a clever (and slightly risqué) story was widely
circulated on the Internet concerning a statement Neil is supposed to
have made during the Apollo 11 EVA. At the suggestion of several
readers, let me state that Neil never said "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky" at
any time during the mission. Indeed, on November 28, 1995, Neil wrote,
" I understand that the joke is a year old. I first heard it in
California delivered by (comedian) Buddy Hackett."


Although untrue, it is a delightful story and I thank you for the
opportunity to clear up the mystery for you.

Best regards,
journalist-ga


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"good luck mr. gorsky"

thanks for the quick answer... i suspected that it was an urban legend

My pleasure, and thank you for your added generosity! I hadn't heard
the story before now so I appreciate the opportunity to learn about
it.  :)

Best regards,
journalist-ga

Neil Armstrong claimed that he did not actually say precisely
(a)"thats one small step for man (b)one giant leap for mankind" as the
two lines esentially say and mean exactly the same thing.He says the
radio link was playing up and it missed him saying the word a between
for and man which then makes both the two parts of the statememt make
sense