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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 was: "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" and was 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 thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival soviet cosmonaut, however, upon checking, there was no gorsky in neither american nor russian space programs

over the years, many people question armstrong what the "good luck mr. gorsky" statement meant, but he always just smiled

on july 5, 1995, in tampa bay, florida, while answering questions followed by a speech, a reporter brought up the 26 year old question about mr. gorsky to armstrong

this time he finally responded because mr. gosky had died, so neil armstrong felt he could now answer the question

here is his answer:

in 1938, when he was a kid in a small mid-western town, he was playing baseball with his friend in the backyard

his friend hit the ball and it landed in their neighbors yard by their bedroom window

his neighbors were mr. gorsky and mrs. gorsky

as he leaned down to pick up the ball, young armstrong heard heard mrs. gosky shouting at mr. gorsk, "SEX? YOU WANT SEX? YOU'LL GET SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON!"

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