And I went “that is some kind of statement. Somewhere:īehind us there was this quiet couple and a couple of kids sitting there with their iPads like kids on a bus ride with a bunch of boring adults saying “when we gonna get there dad?” Then the dad says when we get there we’re going to go to the museum, we’re gonna go look at the shuttle, then we’re going to go see the rocket that grandpa rode. The exchange led to introductions, and Jimmy Buffett met the Armstrongs.īuffett remembers it similarly, as told during the Radio Margaritaville album preview special for Songs From St. Hearing this, the man seated in front of Armstrong and his family turned around and replied, “That sounds like a good idea for a song,” Rick Armstrong recounted in an e-mail to collectSPACE. As they were driven past the voluminous Vehicle Assembly Building, he remarked something along the lines of “that’s where the rocket that grandpa rode was put together.” Neil’s son relayed the following about the meeting:Īs recalled by Rick Armstrong, one of the moonwalker’s two sons, he and his children were seated in the very last row of the bus. Somewhere is the song The Rocket That Grandpa Rode, written about an encounter with Neil Armstrong’s family on the day of the final space shuttle launch. As you probably know, Jimmy Buffett has long had an affinity with flying and space.
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