[ WP ] Just for fun , you send away a small amount of money to an ad in the back of an old 1950 's science magazine claiming to send you a kit that could turn any car into a working airtight spaceship . To your surprise , you actually receive the kit - and after installing it , it works !

Jared sifted through the box he just removed from the garage, he had been cleaning out his grandfathers house every night for a week now and it was the only room left. His grandfather had been pronounced deceased only two weeks ago, but he had been missing for a lot longer. One day, 2 years ago Jared had come to visit only to find his grandfather and his car gone, days went by without getting a hold of him, then weeks, then months. The police could not find any new bank transactions, nor any phone activity and now at the end of the line, the only reasonable thing to do was to suspect his death. 
 
 
 The house was left to Jared. His grandfather had always been an eccentric man, some said he was a man before his time, though most just whispered behind his back that he was a crazy man best suited to live in an institution of the fitting kind. For Jared his eccentricities was always just a fun aspect of a man he loved, and cleaning out the house had been a very sentimental experience. 
 Jared had fond memories of doing small experiments with his grandfather. One time they made a small robot that could dispense cans of cola by clapping your hands twice, another time his grandfather made a strength potion for Jared, it didn ’ t make him any stronger, but his piss was green for a week. While Jared was recollecting he noticed a magazine lying on the top of a box, he looked at the cover which read “ Tomorrow ’ s Science Yesterday ”. He had never heard of this magazine, but started to look through the pages. After a few pages he saw an advert that was circled by a red sharpie line. “ Have you ever wondered what Mars looks like in spring, now you can find out for yourself for only $ 45 ”. It seemed to be an advert for a DIY kit that would make your car a bonafide spacecraft. The first thing Jared thought about was those x-ray glasses kids would buy at those novelty shops, he laughed. Then suddenly he started to get a feeling this would be something his grandfather would want to try out. He thought maybe, just maybe, he is up there in his old Ford cruising around. He decided to send in an order. 
 
 Two weeks went by and Jared had more or less given up hope on getting an answer, the magazine was of course very old, and who would even order something from a magazine in this day and age he thought to himself. But right after thinking that someone knocked on his door. He opened, an UPS man stood in front of him. “ Package for Jared Hansson, please sign here ”. He took the package and said bye. 
 
 The package was quite big and heavy, but he managed to get it to the garage. He opened carefully, on top of the content was a page with the writing “ Congratulations on your purchase of the Spaceflight-o-matic 3000 ”. He turned the page. On the other side was what can only be said to be sparse instructions “ 1. Attach Retrogravitational accelerator on rear of the vehicle. 2. Install staring module to interior of vehicle. 3. Enjoy the freedoms of space travel ”. He followed the instruction and in no less than 5 minutes he was finished. It looked kind of ridiculous he thought, but that he should definitively try it out. 
 
 With heavy doubt in his heart he drove out to the road and stopped. He could only assume that the big red button that said “ ACTIVATE ” would be the logical next step. He slowly pressed it and to his big surprise the trees on the side of the road started to sink deeper. He looked down and saw the ground getting further and further away. He was levitating. Maybe his grandfather had done the same as him, maybe he would meet his grandfather up there in space. the car accelerated faster, he quickly was what he only could assume was several thousand feet up in the air. The horizon got bigger and darker for every second that went by. But suddenly Jared got a bad feeling, it was getting colder fast, and the air didn ’ t seem to fill his chest anymore. His eyes got heavy, and he struggled to keep them open. He felt the weight of his body decreasing, and the darkness above him was getting deeper. He thought “ this is it, what a strange way to die! ” Then he saw it, a Ford with a Spaceflight-o-matic 3000 attached to it. It came straight towards him. It glided by and Jared got a glance inside. In the car was the cold remains of his grandfather and a note stuck to the window. It read ” Forgot to order the Air-o-matic 3000 ”. Jared expelled his last words “ shit, me too! ”.
