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{{a|g|}}''From the too good to be true, but too good not to pass on dept. Also in the JC’s collection of [[amusing but apocryphal stories about space flight]]''. | {{a|g|}}''From the too good to be true,<ref>A correspondent — and I get few enough of those, so it is a red-letter day —has asked me to clarify that “to good to be true” means, in fact, “false”. The [[JC]] is glad to be able to set the record straight.</ref> but too good not to pass on dept. Also in the JC’s collection of [[amusing but apocryphal stories about space flight]]''.<ref>Again, and [[for the avoidance of doubt]], and to benefit those readers — and Lord knows, we get few enough of them, so we try to accommodate them as best we can — apocryphal means, more or less exactly, “false”. Made up. A pork pie. A whopper.</ref> | ||
After Neil Armstrong took his giant leap for mankind, there was the usual Capcom traffic between him, the other astronauts, and Mission Control before Armstrong paused, and said, “[[Good luck, Mr. Gorsky]].” | After Neil Armstrong took his giant leap for mankind, there was the usual Capcom traffic between him, the other astronauts, and Mission Control before Armstrong paused, and said, “[[Good luck, Mr. Gorsky]].” | ||
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