White House rules out building Star Wars' Death Star

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The cost of such a project would be astronomical (pun intended).

And I question if there is even enough metal on the earth produce a space station the size of a "small moon."

I think we should have one.
The bigger and more sinister the better.

I think we should look at this from a military point of view... A Death Star would clearly act as a potent force multiplier with the ability to project strategic area denial beyond our current capabilities. We should act quickly to secure first strike capability and get inside the enemy's OODA loop.

In other words:

Mister President, We Must Not Allow A Death Star Gap!

The government spokesman C3PO said "These are not the death stars we are looking for."

Maybe a Mini Death Star?

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This is what Supplemental Appropriations bills were designed for. Once the Imperial Senate, errrrr.....Congress passes a funding bill, Moff Tarkin, errrr.....NASA can begin work on a mobile asteroid mining base.

I support raising revenue by imposing an excise on each mention of "Jar Jar Brinks". I'm not sure how CBO and/or JCT will score that bill.

That's funny! It has been first and foremost on my mind for quite some time...

we need Death Star control, what if private citizens built one? WRITE UP THE LEGISLATION

Building the hull wouldn't actually be that difficult. A 10-20m thick sphere of asteroidal iron, with quite a good diameter, could be made by hollowing out a small iron asteroid, placing ice in it's centre, and focusing enough solar energy on it to melt the iron and cause it to balloon to the required size due to the steam pressure inside it.

Of course, if you have the solar array necessary, you could also focus the energy on enemy cities, or maybe even vaporise individual buildings if your focusing is good enough...

Which leads to the obvious conclusion that to create a death star, you must first create a death star...

Why not just build a few power plants and laser arrays upon the Moon? Why bother with the wattage necessary to destroy a planet when you can use pinpoint strikes to assist ground combat?

Why put it on the moon? It's a bit far away. Better to put it in a lower orbit. True, it costs more to resupply from the lunar colony, but targeting is a lot easier...

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The Florida delegation was holding out for the moon. That was the only way to get the money. Do you know how hard it is to get space funding when the senate is run by interior states?