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XPAK 400 (kustomrama.com)
45 points by andreygrehov 5 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



George Barris put the XPAK 400 in storage at Van Nuys airport when it was done touring the shows. Years later when he went to recover it, he was shocked to found out that the car was [g]one ... In 2020 the whereabouts of the old Barris air car were still unknown.

It flew back to its homeworld.


> The XPAK 400, translated from Martian, means air car

When my daughter was five, she also enjoyed translating all kinds of nonsense words from Martian and back.


Adult humans also sometimes give their offspring names like "X Æ A-12".


I'm far from convinced that Musk is an adult...


For a guy that wants to colonise Mars it makes total sense to try to adapt to Martian culture.




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