'Death Star too expensive'

http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-01-12/white-house-death-star-too-expensive-to-build/

Here's the Petition: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/isnt-petition-response-youre-looking

so according to the white house a death star would cost: $850,000,000,000,000,000 (£526,968 billion)

I think I might have to take a loan and build my own :beard:

Reply 1

cant_think_of_name

15

I'm very disappointed by this news :frown:

I vow to help you on this noble quest!

Reply 2

the.austrian

3

How about starting with the Millenium Falcon first?

Heck, I'd be happy with a proper R2-D2 robot...

I wonder what the tidal impact of a death star would be!

Reply 3

hamijack

15

Well that was humorous break from statistics revision. Thank you very much :smile:

Now back to work! Non-parametric ANOVAs, HO!

Reply 4

Martyn*

13

Original post by Alex17595

http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-01-12/white-house-death-star-too-expensive-to-build/

Here's the Petition: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/isnt-petition-response-youre-looking

so according to the white house a death star would cost: $850,000,000,000,000,000 (£526,968 billion)

I think I might have to take a loan and build my own :beard:

Been done.

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2195646

Reply 5

MagicNMedicine

20

What happens when the Iranians get a Death Star and we have no deterrent?

Reply 6

Glitch96

1

So they're not saying they don't have the technology for it :colone:

Reply 7

GrumpyCat

4

US really shouldnt be building one anyways. Us Brits should!

We've already practiced for when Lord Vader visits, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=artOXVZxECA

Reply 8

Alex17595

OP

13

Original post by GrumpyCat

US really shouldnt be building one anyways. Us Brits should!

We could fix up the weak points with duct tape!

Reply 9

SnoochToTheBooch

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Original post by the.austrian

How about starting with the Millenium Falcon first?

Heck, I'd be happy with a proper R2-D2 robot...

I wonder what the tidal impact of a death star would be!

we've already got a falcon, just need to get it off the sea bed

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2164912/UFO-the-Baltic-Sea-cuts-electrical-equipment-divers-200m.html

Reply 10

username945663

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But surely if it destroys planets, then the US can't really use it in any war on earth since they will just destroy themselves 0_o

Reply 11

Carecup

1

If not the death star can we at least have Jedi temples with force related curriculum?

Reply 12

meenu89

19

Maybe it is just me and my bad eyes, but I keep reading the thread title as 'Daily Star too expensive'.

Reply 13

Sephiroth

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Original post by IdeasForLife

But surely if it destroys planets, then the US can't really use it in any war on earth since they will just destroy themselves 0_o

I'm sure they could design a smaller version that just destroys countries. Hitler had that idea a long time ago before Star Wars was invented.

Reply 14

the.austrian

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Original post by SnoochToTheBooch

we've already got a falcon, just need to get it off the sea bed

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2164912/UFO-the-Baltic-Sea-cuts-electrical-equipment-divers-200m.html

that's brilliant!

http://fullscalefalcon.com/ found this as well, group project to create a full scale falcon (as the website says) the control panels alone get me excited

Reply 15

Alex17595

OP

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Original post by Sephiroth

I'm sure they could design a smaller version that just destroys countries. Hitler had that idea a long time ago before Star Wars was invented.

Was that some massive mirror that concentrates sun light and burns cities and things?

Some 10 year old kid would probably manage to hack into the death star anyway