In 1998, we looked into a rumor that claimed Neil Armstrong cryptically uttered 'Good luck, Mr. Gorsky' as he first stepped onto the moon. 👇
About this ratingThis item about the first manned moon landing, seemingly an obvious joke, began circulating on the Internet in mid-1995 and was picked up by the news media a few months later:
When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous “One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” statement, but followed it by several remarks, including the usual COM traffic between him, the other astronauts, and Mission Control. 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.
Over the years, many people have questioned him as to what the “Good luck, Mr. Gorsky” statement meant. On July 5, in Tampa Bay, FL, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26- year-old question to Armstrong. He finally responded. It seems that Mr. Gorsky had died and so Armstrong felt he could answer the question. When he was a kid, Neil was playing baseball with his brother in the backyard.
The inclusion of specific details apparently led some to believe the farcical story might have some truth to it. At its most basic level, this tale is a humorous anecdote that plays on the stereotypical portrayal of Jewish wives as reluctant to engage in recreational sex. In variant forms of this legend the last name of Neil Armstrong’s neighbor is different, but the surname used is always a “Jewish-sounding” one, such as Gorsky, Seligman, Schultz, Lipinski, or Klein; the unusual word order employed by the wife in her refusal is also a stereotypical speech pattern attributed to Jews.
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