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We can't forget Mr. Gorsky. So what if it's a n urban legend, I laugh every time I read it:

It's well known that astronaut Neil Armstrong's first remark on the moon was, "That's one small step for a man..." Was is less well known is a brief statement said half under his breath when he was re-entering the lunar capsule after the first moon-walk. He said, "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky." That part wasn't on the major network feeds and was only heard by a few journalists who later listened to the complete tapes.

Over the years, Armstrong was occasionally asked about this remark, to which he'd always say that it was a private remark he didn't care to talk about. Then, about a year ago, he was asked again by a journalist. He said something to the effect, "Well, OK, they're dead now and no harm can be done."

So it seems that when Armstrong was a young boy, there was a Jewish couple, Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky, who lived next door. One day, young Neil was out playing ball with his brother and one of them hit the ball into the Gorsky's back yard. Neil ran into the yard to get the ball and from an open window heard Mrs. Gorsky yelling at Mr. Gorsky, "Oral sex---ORAL SEX YOU WANT!!! You'll get oral sex the day the kid next door walks on the moon!"

Thanks for posting this, George. This is a major event worth noting every year yet BabaluBlog is the first place I've seen it mentioned today. There isn't even a special Google logo, what gives!!?

Tom, we have lost our wonder.

Hear, hear. It ought to be a national celebration day. I was only two and a half, but sitting in my great-grandmother's living room with the entire family, watching her antiquated but huge TV set, I remember the lunar landing. They all thought it was hilarious to hear me say "lunar module." It's my earliest memory, actually.

Here's some perspective for you.

Within the span of only 66 years, man went from his first flight to walking on the moon. Absolutely astounding.

-Anatasio

Daniel,

LOL! That's a classic. I laughed so hard I cried.

Ironically, we can thank the CCCP and the cold war for the space program. That provided the motivation in that american pride did not want to be one upped by the soviets. we've lost that pride to an extent.

But thank god for this. Since I am a resident nut on apollo and the space program, for those who like me can't get enough of it, I suggest these books:

1) Andy Chaiken: To The Moon
2) Gene Cernan: The last man on the moon
3) Deke Slayton: "Deke" - auto biography
4) Lost Moon (Apollo 13) - Jim Lovell
5) Failure is not an option - Gene Kranz
6) Neil Armstrong (Authorized Bio) by James R. Hansen
7) The RIght Stuff - Tom Wolfe
and a great table book with large prints made from original negatives from apollo "Full Moon"

You read these books and you'll get an amazing inside view on the program and the missions and the training from Mercury to Apollo.

I followed apollo 11-17 and skylab as a kid. I bought Tang and the food in tubes because the astronauts did it. I was an astronaut for halloween. Many of us kids then wanted that more than anything. Sadly budget cuts slashed the program. We could have been on Mars by now and had colonies on the moon. Short sightedness by govt. once again. Seems we need a crises or something like a soviet threat to get us motivated; whatever happened to self motivation?

"We Came in Peace for All Mankind" what reads on the plaque left on the moon...

George:

The latest National Geographic (August 2007) has a review of Mayan History. If you look at the enclosed map "The Dividing Link" there in the upper right you can see a series of little inserts which show, among other matters, how Cuba was once in the Pacific. All this came about because of the development of US space technology ...

The space program was responsible for firing up the imagination of my generation. It was one of the reasons I became an engineer.

I remember staying up late at night to watch the Apollo 11 moon landing when I was a kid. It has a special meaning to me, since my late father would simulcast the landing in spanish on WQBA. I remember he was on the air for over 24 hours straight and lost his voice for a couple of days. Those were indeed my Wonder Years!

I was in the hospital recovering from abdominal surgery, but I remember it like it happened yesterday.

The Moody Blues made a record to commemorate the moon landing, called "To Our Children's Children's Children". It's still one of my favorite records.

I've had the pleasure of meeting Buzz Aldrin twice, and have autographs from both times. One is signed "Buzz Aldrin" and one is signed "Ed Aldrin".

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