Friday, December 5, 2008

Walk on the moon


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!"

20 comments:

Rakesh Vanamali said...

Lol! And that happened too!

peter said...

ROFL :D

but i still doubt about men going to the moon like ..USSR ...
if they cud do it 50 yrs back then why not now :O

Alok Meshram said...

Bwahahaha
Awesome

Rakesh said...

@ rakesh: this ideed happened :-P

@ peter: good question

@ alok: so next time u achieve something call for the same thing

Think Tank said...

lol ..they must be laughing their heads off when he actually did..if they were still 2gthr dat is

Rakesh said...

@ Think Tank: U bet ther must be yaar...

Fantasies of a Lifetime said...

he he , good one :)

Nidz said...

:)

DMulan said...

hahahahahaha!!!!!

Swathy said...

HAHAHAHAHAHA..
did u make this up?
huh huh??
:P

Rakesh said...

@ Fantasies of a Lifetime: THANKS

@ nidhi,divya :-P
@ Swathy: hehe no re i dint

Anonymous said...

omg lol!
interesting indeed... ;D

AB said...

hahaha
lovely
i thought Mr. Gorsky was the television producer who televised the landing (from a studio rather than the moon surface) ;)

Rakesh said...

@ Ayushi: hey where have u lost no post from ur side at all???

@ abhinav: :-P

Sruthisagar Yamunan said...

hahahahaha great piece of information man. Had a very good laugh!!!!

Rakesh said...

@ twisted elegance: :-P

Mads said...

hahah :D i loved this.lol :D :D

Rakesh said...

@ mads: hehehe

Devika Jyothi said...

That gave a laugh..

Good one, Rakesh :)

wishes,
devika

Rakesh said...

@ Devika: Thanks