For many years there was a joke, presented as fact, that when Armstrong stood on the moon and uttered his iconic ‘one small step’ line, he followed it up with the words, ‘Good luck, Mr Gorsky.’ This story has been repeated many times, and even found its way into pop culture, most notably appearing in the opening sequence of the Watchmen film.The story goes that when he was a kid, Armstrong was playing baseball with his brother in their backyard when their ball landed just outside the bedroom window of their neighbours, the Gorskys. As Armstrong snuck over to pick up the base-ball, he overheard
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