NationStates Jolt Archive

Jeruselem is attempting to "buy" ownship of the Hubble telescope from NASA, it was reported. NASA is destroy Hubble in 2008, but the Jeruselem government is attempting to take control of the telescope before it happens.

Spokesman for the Special projects government agency said "We have space shuttles and the equipment to fix Hubble. We also have some Russian and Jewish cosmonauts who can work with us on this project."

As for the new name, it is rumoured to be "Solomon".

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Prompted by
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1027143.htm

Bump in space

We are interested in this purchase. perhaps we could help with the financing?
~J.C. Alcanzar

We are interested in this purchase. perhaps we could help with the financing?
~J.C. Alcanzar

Sure, if you assist in sending up repair teams as well. This space business is not cheap. NASA will probably try to overcharge us like any US company.

ahhh. of course.
we could send up 150 technicians, if you wish. unfortunately, they would require space training, etc., which we would pay for.

Speaking on the behalf of the Republic of the Free Collective,
we hope your endeavors to purchace the Hubble Telescope proves fruitful.
We wish we could provide assistance in the matter through finanical or technical means.. But, matters on earth prove more of an immediate issue; although, you have our well-wishes, best of luck to you.


OOC: In other words: I'm too poor to help.. But you have my hand-shake. :P

We will donate $1 million if we are allowed to share it with you.

Speaking on the behalf of the Republic of the Free Collective,
we hope your endeavors to purchace the Hubble Telescope proves fruitful.
We wish we could provide assistance in the matter through finanical or technical means.. But, matters on earth prove more of an immediate issue; although, you have our well-wishes, best of luck to you.


OOC: In other words: I'm too poor to help.. But you have my hand-shake. :P

That's fine. Grow bigger and get more budget, then you can participate in space programmes. :)

We will donate $1 million if we are allowed to share it with you.

Thanks. Our guess is $US10-20 billion, but we'll try to get down below $US10 billion.

All participants get premium access to the Hubble (or "Solomon")

you have not answered our question. (not nitpicking, but i need answers)
we could simply donate 4 billion USD...

you have not answered our question. (not nitpicking, but i need answers)
we could simply donate 4 billion USD...

Sorry, you can join in the purchase+repair or donate as a partner.

we'll donate as a partner. how is... 4.5 billion dolllars?
we will of course expect better service than the rest...

we'll donate as a partner. how is... 4.5 billion dolllars?
we will of course expect better service than the rest...

That's fine. Anyone who donates gets priority service since they paid for it.
Still negiotating BTW.

of course. we could pay more, if nescesary. but if we donated any more, we might have paid more than you, so we will keep it low.

Okay sounds good.

$1 million wired.

We'll donate 6 billion USD.
Money's on its way.

Pwnica, it'll only cost about 10 billion, he said.

He said 10-20b but they'll try to get it down to around ten.

If any money's left over from our donation you can keep it, Jeruselem.

We have some prelimary results. In 2005 we get control for 15 billion provided we do all the repairs which NASA scrapped. This is not fully authorised, but with donations we can send up cosmonauts and fix the problems as well.

Thanks to all donators. We need more cosmonauts for training staff and going into our shuttles (we bought these of another nation!). Our agency and puppet nations will pick up the rest of the bill.

Apparently the US DoD wanted it to be 30 billion, but we had to fight that stupidity.

Jerusalem will wind up paying nothing!
cool. :D

Jerusalem will wind up paying nothing!
cool. :D

Not quite, we spend billions on shuttles and training. :)
Now we got to go bribe some nations to borrow cosmonauts.

Jerusalem will wind up paying nothing!
cool. :D

Not quite, we spend billions on shuttles and training. :)

Ah what the hay, we'll donate $1 billion stead of $1 million. :)

Here's the schedule

Jan 2004 First trial launches of shuttles to Hubble to inspect damage
Jan 2005 Jeruselem takes control of Hubble
Feb 2005 Jeruselem to send 1st shuttle to make repairs and enhancements
Jun 2005 Jeruselem to send 2nd shuttle to make repairs and enhancements
Jul 2005 Hubble becomes Solomon. Fully service resumed. Pwnica, Tasty Foods, NASA (the corp), Jeruselem and Arribstan get priority service while other customers still have contracts.

2006-2008 more enhancements (undetermined yet)

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What is the RL timeline?

Like will 2008 be 4 days from now?

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What is the RL timeline?

Like will 2008 be 4 days from now?

Probably. NS time is like a rubber band, so can make it long as I like :D

Evikstan is willing to supply this program with pizza and other food supplies.

Evikstan is willing to supply this program with pizza and other food supplies.

Space food would be nice. If you can develop space-compatible pizza, great!

Sure we will develop the space-compatible pizza and send it to you as soon as possible.

Sure we will develop the space-compatible pizza and send it to you as soon as possible.

You can have a contract for space-food to save us $$$ on doing it ourselves. The pizza is the ultimate test.

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Mmmmm Pizza

Sure we will develop the space-compatible pizza and send it to you as soon as possible.

You can have a contract for space-food to save us $$$ on doing it ourselves. The pizza is the ultimate test.

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Mmmmm Pizza

Okay. Then i must take my leave for now.