| Space is Hot Right Now
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| Tapped Out Quest Information
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Space is Hot Right Now is a temporary questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in "The Marge-ian Chronicles" episode tie-in content update. It unlocked Exploration Inc.
Dialogue[edit]
| After starting the update
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Just look at Springfield. A few years ago, there was nothing here but acres of healthy green grass.
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It was just your typical post-nuclear-catastrophe wasteland. Lush greenery as far as the eye could see.
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And now, it's a bustling town once again.
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Honestly, I'm unimpressed.
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Seriously? Look at all the houses, and decorations, and people...
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I don't see too many premium items...
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Well, no. The owner of this town really SHOULD sink more cash into the project. It's money so well spent...
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If you let two entrepreneurial guys like us loose in here, it'd be RIDICULOUS how much we'd get done.
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What are you proposing?
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I don't know. We need a project. What are kids excited about today?
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I read somewhere that they like soccer, and the color green. And positivity. They dislike rudeness and shades of green they feel are too light or too dark.
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Hmmm. Not much to go on. We need to do a little market research.
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Let's hire some kids to be our ears.
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Task: "Make Lisa Research What Kids Are Into". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary or the Simpson House and takes 2 hours.
If Database is owned: Task: "Make Database Do an Online Opinion Poll". The job takes place at the Java Server and takes 2 hours.
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The results are in, and the numbers could not be clearer. Kids are into space.
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And the hottest, most trending site in all of space is a little rock called... Mars.
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Then that's where we need to go. We should organize a mission to Mars.
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Keep in mind we have zero expertise -- and zero interest, to be honest -- in rocketry, math, exploration, or the future.
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But what we do have is passion. And passion will get you to Mars faster than any rocket.
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We're not joking about this. Everybody loves space. Check out our tribute to the great beyond in the store!
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Quest reward:  100 and  10
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| After completing Pt. 1
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I've been doing some research, and here's what no one will tell you -- going to Mars is EXPENSIVE. It costs MONEY.
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Yes, but raising money is EASY when you have passion.
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The moment our friends in the private sector get a load of our passion, they'll be throwing money at us.
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Task: "Reach Level 11 and Build the Control Building".
Task: "Make Mr. Burns Cough Up Money". The job takes place at Burns Manor or the Control Building and takes 3 hours.
If The Rich Texan is owned: Task: "Make Rich Texan Sponsor a Mars Mission". The job takes place at the Town Hall and takes 3 hours.
If Artie Ziff is owned: Task: "Make Artie Ziff Waste His Money, Too". The job takes place at the Java Server and takes 4 hours.
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I told you raising $20 billion would be easy.
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Now all we need is astronauts.
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I agree. Besides a launch vehicle, a Mars lander, habitats capable of sustaining life on a barren rock...
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...some way to grow food there, a means of communicating with Mars, and a staff of thousands here on Earth to monitor our Mars colony...
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Other than that, all we need is astronauts.
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Quest reward: 100 and 10
Exploration Inc.
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| After completing Pt. 2
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We need some way to attract astronauts to our Mars mission.
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We should put on a show. Really dazzle the people. But not just any show.
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No. It should be the best show.
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I almost want to capitalize that name. The Best Show. That's how good this astronaut-finding show will be.
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We'll serve refreshments. Drinks, appetizers, handburgers...
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The word is "hamburgers."
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That's neither here Nora, there. How's Tuesday at 9:00 PM work for you?
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It's as good a time as any other. Now let's find us some astronauts!
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I'll go! I'm your first volunteer Martian!
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Former astronaut Homer Simpson! What an honor.
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Last time I went to space, I almost killed everybody.
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Great, great. We'll give your application serious consideration.
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Task: "Reach Level 20 and Build the Town Hall".
Task: "Make Adults Attend Town Meeting" (x4). The jobs take place at the Town Hall and take 3 hours.
Task: "Make Homer Try to Fit Into His Old Spacesuit". The job takes place at the Town Hall and takes 3 hours.
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I think that went well. But why so many questions about what we'll do if we find life on Mars? I thought Martians were science fiction.
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I wouldn't know. I'm not a sci-fi guy. Space stories always bored me, frankly.
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Skeptical about life on Mars, eh? Well wait until they get a load of this guy.
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| Quest reward: 100 and 10
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| After completing Pt. 3
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The thing about space rockets is, if you don't build them EXACTLY right, they blow up.
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It's really no different than when we started that coffee company.
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Refresh my memory -- why didn't that coffee idea work?
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It would have, except it turns out there are already three coffee stores on every street corner in the civilized world.
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That's right. Circling back to this Mars fiasco, why don't we use some of our second-tier astronaut candidates to test out the equipment?
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| Task: "Make "Candidates" Be Guinea Pigs" (x3). The jobs take place at Exploration Inc. and take 6 hours.
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Were you as deeply moved as I was by the sight of most of our Mars equipment not blowing up when tested?
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A 65% success rate. It's pretty awe-inspiring.
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So the only remaining question is: who do we blast off to Mars for the rest of their lives?
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All I know for certain is: not Homer Simpson. Other than that, it's wide open, my friend.
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Tune into this week's Simpsons and find out who the real candidates will be. Sunday 8/7 Central on FOX!
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| Quest reward: 100 and 10
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