Secret NASA Files

Published on Sun 12 September 1999

(According to reliable sources this is a true story.)

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL FROM THE SECRET ARCHIVE FILES RETAINED AT NASA. NOT TO BE RELEASED TO THE PRESS.

When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" statement, but followed it by several remarks, usual COM traffic between him, the other Astronauts and Mission Control. 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 through the years and upon checking the records, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs. Over the years, many colleagues have questiones him as to what the "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky" statement meant.

On July 5th, 1995 in Tampa Bay, Florida, while answering questions following a briefing, an official from the Space program brought up the 26-year-old question to Mr. Armstrong, he finally responded. It seems that Mr. Gorsky had died early in April this year and so Armstrong felt that he could answer the question.

When he was a child, Neil Armstrong was playing baseball with his brother in the backyard. His brother hit a fly ball which travelled approximately 500 meters and landed in front of his neighbours' bedroom window. The neighbours were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky, it was Neil Armstrong who jumped over their fence and found the baseball, as he leaned down to pick the ball, he heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky, "Oral sex? Oral sex you want? You'll get oral sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"

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