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White House receives petition to build Death Star

A petition calling for the Obama administration to build a space station based on the Death Star from the Star Wars film franchise has attracted more than 3,000 signatures.


Economics students at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania have calculated that it would require one quadrillion tons of steel to build a Death Star Photo: ALAMY

By Jennifer O'Mahony
3:14PM GMT 05 Dec 2012

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The petition, which calls on the US government to "secure funding and resources" and "begin construction" on a Death Star by 2016 needs 25,000 signatories if it is to be considered by officials.
The campaign's founder, identifying himself only as "John D", is based in Longmont, Colorado, and registered the petition on the White House website on November 14.
The campaigner sets out a clear brief for the benefits of a homegrown Death Star, including a boost for the American economy and national security.
He writes: "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."
The Death Star is the size of the moon in the film franchise and is capable of destroying a planet with a single laser beam.


Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/ne...-Star.html

Sign the petition folks! Lets hurry up and destroy ourselves already!
P.S. While building the USS Death Star they should consider building lightsaber...can't have a Death Star without a damned lightsaber... so not cool!