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Neil Armstrong's Secret
« on: November 03, 2010, 16:11 »
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 RE-ENTERED 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 NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION.
IN 1938, WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MID-WEST TOWN , HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S YARD BY THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW.
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!
 


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Re: Neil Armstrong's Secret
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2010, 16:25 »
 :laugh:
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Re: Neil Armstrong's Secret
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2010, 16:26 »
 :)


Of course, I had to check out this story with Snopes.
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Re: Neil Armstrong's Secret
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2010, 16:38 »
 :smirks:
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Re: Neil Armstrong's Secret
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2010, 16:57 »
:)


Of course, I had to check out this story with Snopes.

I did post it in the laughter zone!   ::)  :laugh:

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Re: Neil Armstrong's Secret
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2010, 18:30 »
Yes, and it's amusing.

But you know how these things are... you just can't help wondering.
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Re: Neil Armstrong's Secret
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2010, 18:40 »
I have to say that I'm a frequent user of snopes myself.  Best debunking site on the web!   ;D

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Re: Neil Armstrong's Secret
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2010, 18:41 »
And there's nothing like a good debunk. ;D
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Re: Neil Armstrong's Secret
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2010, 18:42 »
;D
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Re: Neil Armstrong's Secret
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2010, 18:47 »
Ooh yes!    ;D

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Re: Neil Armstrong's Secret
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2010, 20:56 »
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Re: Neil Armstrong's Secret
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2010, 00:30 »
tis a shame it didn't really happen cause that would have been ace.
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Re: Neil Armstrong's Secret
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2010, 08:15 »
Yes, if only!   ;D


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