White House Web Petition Urges Construction of Death Star
Besides rather depressing topics such as the fiscal cliff, there is good reason for the U.S. government to focus on more upbeat tasks to keep us motivated. Such as the construction of a Death Star.
There is, in fact, an online petition on the White House website that suggests such a project, supported by common sense conclusions that serve the purposes of employment, science and national security. From the post:
"By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense."
At the time of this writing, the petition needed about 20,600 more signatures. Of course, building an actual Death Star would be a massive project that would cost roughly $852 quadrillion to construct a spaceship that is about 90 miles in diameter and would need 1 quadrillion tons of steel to be completed.
That may sound extreme, but if you consider the fact that Earth has enough iron supply to come up with the material for 2 billion Death Stars and that it would take 833,315 years to produce enough steel to start work on a Death Star, it would require us to spend only $1 trillion per year to plan the construction. Consider the lucky circumstance that the U.S. currently has debt of more than $16 trillion and there is a good chance that an additional $1 trillion per year could be squeezed into this debt without anyone noticing.
Of course, that scenario would be based on the assumption that we can wait 833,000 years, before we are attacked by an intelligent life form in the Universe. Voyager 1 and 2, which were launched in 1977 are on their way into interstellar space, more than 10 billion miles away from Earth are believed to be within 1.6 light years (or 9.3 trillion miles) of AC+79 3888, a star in the constellation of Camelopardalis, in about 40,000 years, NASA said. In 296,000 years, Voyager 2 will be within 4.3 light years (25 trillion miles) from Sirius, providing space population with a clear map how to find Earth.

Pffft, as long as the port is only two meters wide it'll be fine.
Aide: "That's no Moon. . ."
Pffft, as long as the port is only two meters wide it'll be fine.
Yeah, and just Ray Shield it... That way, nothing short of proton torpedoes could breach it anyways, even if a snub fighter did manage to fire it into that 2 meter hole...
You'd need some advanced electronics designed to hit tiny targets, or something. bahaha.
Doubt anybody could hit a target the size of a womp rat with a fighter LOL
There's a reason why Germany never built their 1500 ton super tank back during WWII. Too immobile, and too big of a target for bombers and artillery.
Aide: "That's no Moon. . ."
The Death Star was more than that. It was escorted by star destroyers and super star destroyers, and had squadrons of smaller fighters on-board. Also, it could literally destroy a planet.
It was as much a display of shock-and-awe as it w-oh god i'm a nerd.
...as are we all, my friend. As are we all.
Does this make Obama the evil Emperor? Cause I have a ton of friends to claim they saw this coming lol
All those escorts mean nothing if your enemy can slip in, harass a couple of your colonies (or level them with orbital bombardment), and bail out before the Death Star shows up.
Then, when the Death Star is enroute or at the original scene, they could harass the solar system that the fortress was guarding.
Oh and I wouldn't worry about Voyager 1 and 2 giving away our coordinates. Apparently they flew back to earth some time ago and have been living here secretly posing as humans.
With a working space elevator it would possible to deploy supplies and materials to build this station and bring space material back, it could be a great leap for advancement into space.