Many of us remember how on July 20, 1969, commander of the Apollo 11 lunar module Neil Armstrong was the first person to set food on the moon. We heard his words on stepping on the moon.
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Some even remember how just before reentering the lander, he made the enigmatic remark,
"Good luck, Mr. Gorsky."
Many thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival soviet cosmonaut. However 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" meant, but Armstrong just smiled.
On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26-year-old question and this time Armstrong finally responded.
Mr. Gorsky had died and Armstrong felt free to at last answer the question.
In 1938 as a kid in a small Midwest town, Armstrong was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit the ball into the Gorsky's yard near the bedroom windows. As Armstrong leaned down to pick up the ball, he heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky, "Sex! You want sex?! You'll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"