Sulking on the Moon

Once upon a time....

When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only uttered his famous "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" statement (and screwed it up, as we all recall), but followed it with several remarks, usual com traffic between him, the other astronauts and Mission Control. Just before he re-entered the lander, however, 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, after checking, it seems 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 while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26-year old question to Armstrong. As it happened, Mr. Gorsky had finally died, so Mr. Armstrong felt he could finally answer the question.

When he was a kid, Neil was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit a fly ball which landed in the front of his neighbor's -the Gorsky's- bedroom window. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky, "Oral sex! You want oral sex? You'll get oral sex when that kid next door walks on the moon!"