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      <title>Combination Deke Slayton and Bicycle Museum</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Combination Deke Slayton and Bicycle Museum&#xA;&#xA;Do you think Deke Slayton ever imagined&#xA;they’d make a museum (half) for him—&#xA;even one of those&#xA;single-room, hometown&#xA;labors of love,&#xA;with posterboard displays&#xA;and a Bunn coffee maker?&#xA;&#xA;Or was he too busy riding his bike&#xA;through the luscious summer fields,&#xA;staring into the sky,&#xA;dreaming of space?]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Do you think Deke Slayton ever imagined
they’d make a museum (half) for him—
even one of those
single-room, hometown
labors of love,
with posterboard displays
and a Bunn coffee maker?</p>

<p>Or was he too busy riding his bike
through the luscious summer fields,
staring into the sky,
dreaming of space?</p>
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