USA to consider building Death Star in 2016

Immaculate Pasta

Thousands of Americans have signed a petition calling on the White House to build a Death Star.

The founder of the campaign says construction of the moon-sized space station and inter-stellar weapon from the Star Wars film series will strengthen national security and create jobs.

And US officials will be forced to consider replicating the Death Star - complete with a laser capable of destroying a planet - if the petition gains more than 25,000 digital signatures by December 14.

Started by a John D, from Longmont, Colorado, the petition on the White House website demands work should begin on the project within the next four years.

It reads: "Those who sign here petition the United States government to secure funding and resources, and begin construction on a Death Star by 2016.

"By focusing our defence 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 defence."

Among more than 3,500 signatories to the petition at the time of writing were at least four people giving the name 'Darth V', and one called 'Boba F'.

It is not the first time a government body has faced pressure from a Star Wars-related campaign.

More than 400,000 Britons stated their religion as Jedi on their 2001 Census forms, in a failed attempt to have it recognised as an official religion.

Link: http://news.sky.com/story/1021026/death-star-petition-on-white-house-website

Yer man has a point about job creation to be fair. USA built the Hoover Dam during the Great Depression, maybe the Death Star will be built during this recession? :cool:

smash

Idiots.

charlemont

Approach or get fired on, permanent chest scar
Empire Strikes Back, check out the Death Star
Bless y'all, wet y'all, do the impossible
Where I'm from, we use dum-dums in the arsenal

mitosis

This just in!

People are f*&*ing morons

kraggy

I had to look twice at the thread author's name. I glanced at it expecting it to be Run to the Hills.

Are ye brothers?

Bipolar Joe

I, for one, welcome our new Galactic Empire.

keith16

kraggy wrote: »

I had to look twice at the thread author's name. I glanced at it expecting it to be Run to the Hills.

Are ye brothers?

It's Run to da Hills. Have some god damn respect son.

iDave

If Ireland started building it in 2006 it would probably still look how it did in Return of the Jedi with work stopped on it. It would be known as a Ghost Death Star.

Jezek

What a badly written article. Including the old chestnut about a failed attempt to get Jedi recognized as a religion

Immaculate Pasta

kraggy wrote: »

I had to look twice at the thread author's name. I glanced at it expecting it to be Run to the Hills.

Are ye brothers?

He is a brother yes but strictly in a street capacity. :cool:

Anyone

Idiots....everyone knows Disney have already started construction of a Death Star.

keith16

smash wrote: »

Idiots.

I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiments expressed in this one word post. smash, your brevity knows no bounds.

joydivision

Needs enough metal to build something the size of the moon eh .
Price of razor blades will sky rocket .

Joydivision runs to stock up on lidl imitation mach 3s

admiralofthefleet

would they not be better off dealing with their deficit instead

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

good to see so many people coming out against keynesian economics

Immaculate Pasta

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

would they not be better off dealing with their deficit instead

Don't be ridiculous.

Jake Rugby Walrus666

Will it include a small, single weak point which one well placed shot will the bring the whole station to a catastrophic and explosive destruction.

Bipolar Joe

Duh, when they blow up the planet and move us to Coruscant there won't be any deficit. It's stupid NOT to build this!

KTRIC

I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices will suddenly cry out in terror, and then be suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible is going to happened.



:pac:

ArtyM

These guys will be stoked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgDlRRX9WZk

admiralofthefleet

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

Don't be ridiculous.

how am i being ridiculous? the americans have massive debt they need to cut before building crap in space

seamus

A full, moon-sized death star.

Probably the same kind of idiot who thinks the moon is only 1000 km away and smaller than Manhattan.

SEPT 23 1989

From Wiki

In February 2012, students from Lehigh University of Pennsylvania published a blog post that priced the Death Star based on the cost of steel to produce it. The students believed that in today's economy, it would cost $852,000,000,000,000,000 assuming that the diameter of the Death Star was 140 kilometres but that it would take 833,315 years to produce enough steel to begin work.[23]

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

From Wiki

In February 2012, students from Lehigh University of Pennsylvania published a blog post that priced the Death Star based on the cost of steel to produce it. The students believed that in today's economy, it would cost $852,000,000,000,000,000 assuming that the diameter of the Death Star was 140 kilometres but that it would take 833,315 years to produce enough steel to begin work.[23]

that's 833,315 years of economic stimulus. everybody wins

OneArt

One planet between six billion of us and they want to make something that can blow it up.

Typical.

Bipolar Joe

OneArt wrote: »

One planet between six billion of us and they want to make something that can blow it up.

Typical.

Don't think I didn't sense you thanking that post, Palpatine.

Dyr

It's actually illegal to posses a death star in Ireland. True fact.

seamus

Bambi wrote: »

It's actually illegal to posses a death star in Ireland. True fact.

Actually, it's perfectly legal to possess a death star, but you can be fined up to €5,000 if you destroy the planet.

--Kaiser--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcL6DwSufMI

GalwayGuy2

Pretty sure the petitions a joke.

Shane-KornSpace

Where do I sign?

sbsquarepants

seamus wrote: »

A full, moon-sized death star.

Probably the same kind of idiot who thinks the moon is only 1000 km away and smaller than Manhattan.

It's way smaller than manhattan - i can block it out with my thumb ffs:mad:

Immaculate Pasta

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

how am i being ridiculous? the americans have massive debt they need to cut before building crap in space

Oh dear

the purple tin

Who's going to fly it? Dick Cheney maybe?

Dyr

seamus wrote: »

Actually, it's perfectly legal to possess a death star, but you can be fined up to €5,000 if you destroy the planet.

Ray Burke put an end to our death star aspirations, the bollix.

"i ) the weapon sometimes known as a shuriken, shaken or death star"

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1991/en/si/0066.html

Richard Hillman

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

From Wiki

In February 2012, students from Lehigh University of Pennsylvania published a blog post that priced the Death Star based on the cost of steel to produce it. The students believed that in today's economy, it would cost $852,000,000,000,000,000 assuming that the diameter of the Death Star was 140 kilometres but that it would take 833,315 years to produce enough steel to begin work.[23]

833,315 years time would be the perfect time to have a death star. We need to plan ahead and get going now.

karma_

I wonder will it come complete with an exhaust port, just wide enough so a terrorist can exploit, thus causing a chain reaction that destroys the entire station?

Also, will that mean the terrorists are the good guys?

Cungi

Stoopid petition.

The US couldnt do it even they wanted to.

Apart from logistical issues there is also the matter of International Law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

Wikipedia wrote:

"Among its principles, it bars States Parties to the Treaty from placing nuclear weapons or any other weapons of mass destruction in orbit of Earth, installing them on the Moon or any other celestial body, or to otherwise station them in outer space."

Why the fuck am i even posting a logical answer to this?

magick

This just in, Terrorist Luke Skywalker wanted for mass murder

dttq

Just when you thought Americans couldn't get anymore stupid. Can picture these same neocon republicans cheering on this folly and all the billions wasted in the process, are the first to attack Obamacare.

"Heal the sick you say. Pweh what a waste of taxpayers dollars when we could be building a spaceship to defend ourselves against Somalia"

TheUsual

Death Star me hole.
When do we get the hover-boards ?
That's what I'm waiting for.

MadsL

I am concerned about the Irish Government suppressing the true numbers of those of the Jedi faith in Ireland. With 0.7% of the UK, 21,000 Canadians, 1.5% of New Zealanders, 70k Australiens The CSO here refuses to divulge the reality that Jedi Knights walk amongst us. We should be told, write to your TD.
http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/a-td-wants-to-know-how-many-jedi-knights-are-there-in-ireland-438677-May2012/

And they say Americans have no sense of irony, pissing myself laughing at the posters here missing the joke "Typical stupid Americans" lol.

TheUsual

Hope they have a canteen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw