Article: ONE MAN'S JUNK FROM SPACE IS ALSO HIS NEW MEXICO MUSEUM.(TRAVEL)

Byline: LISA THATCHER KRESL Dallas Morning News

No, you're not wrong. That is a model of the shuttle Challenger set for liftoff on the side of the highway in New Mexico. It's right next to the space mural/water tank and the shuttle-shaped pond, just down the road from the Star Wars Deli.

See the sign that says ``free,'' and you just have to stop.

The Space Murals Inc. museum and gift shop may not be in any guidebook, but it has been stopping traffic ever since 1991, when waterman Lou Gariano got the idea to dress up his steel tank on U.S. Highway 70, about 12 miles northeast of Las Cruces, N.M.

People saw the artist painting ...

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