Man on the Moon!
Man on the Moon!
This is a TRUE STORY! 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 thought 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 Arstrong 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 felt he could answer the question now: In 1938 when Neil 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, "(removed)!, You want (removed)? You'll get (removed) when the kid next door walks on the moon!" True Story!
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While we're laughing about Mr. Gorsky, here's another true story regarding the moon landing...The astronauts used voice-operated microphones. (If you've ever used a voice-operated tape recorder, you know that it can easily lose the first syllable of a word as it begins to record.)Neil Armstrong's original statement made as he stepped onto the surface of the moon was, "That's one small step for A man, one giant leap for mankind." NASA didn't hear the missing syllable either, and Mission Control and the press immediately quoted Armstrong with the far more profound, 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.'
My 2003 Vibe Base Auto 2-tone Salsa "SalsaWagon" was built in May 2002. I acquired it in Feb 2004/Traded it in on a 2016 Honda HR-V in Feb 2018.
Re: Man on the Moon! (joatmon)
sorry joatman...didn't know this was a repost (I just hate it when I do that!!)
2003 Vibe GT Shadow............"The SHADOW Knows!"Dec. 2004 Vibe of the Month html/vo...shtml