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Cape Carnival After Dark — Moon Maiden

Added 2019-07-02 19:00:01 +0000 UTC

This Cape Carnival was suggested by a Arch-Nemesis-level Patreon backer as their commission request. Since I had to look it up, I'll assume you, too, are wondering what the punchline means.

Evidently, it's an urban legend concerning a comment Neil Armstrong is supposed to have made when he became the person person to walk on the moon. Fact-finding site Snopes.com shares the legend:

"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. However, upon checking, [they found] there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs.

"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. His brother hit a fly ball which landed in front of his neighbors’ bedroom window. The neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, he heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky, 'Oral sex? Oral sex you want? You’ll get oral sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!'"

Snopes goes on to state: "Any doubts about the veracity of this legend are laid to rest by the NASA transcripts of the Apollo 11 mission, which record no such statement having been made by Armstrong. Armstrong himself said in late 1995 that he first heard the anecdote delivered as a joke by comedian Buddy Hackett in California."