We petition the Obama Administration to:

Apogeal Alpha01 · December 5 2012, 03:08 AM

Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.

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 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.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pet...-2016/wlfKzFkN

Let's see if we can make it happen people! We only need 23,000 signatures!

Smellincoffee · December 5 2012, 03:42 AM

Agreed. Let's get people back into space, even if it means building a big explodey thing.

Hound of UIster · December 5 2012, 05:06 AM

Another piece of pork barrel legislation for the military-industrial complex.

Apogeal Alpha01 · December 5 2012, 08:29 AM

This is the ultimate pork, it's beyond PORK! Sounds like a good idea, if it weren't for the scale. It is a galactically crazy idea. http://www.shockandahh.com/2012/02/e...ar-almost.html

How Much Would It Cost to Build the Death Star from Star Wars?

. . . .Even if you can imagine quite a bit, Centives, the economics blog of students of Lehigh University, says it would cost “$852,000,000,000,000,000. Or roughly 13,000 times the world’s GDP” to build the Death Star…and that’s just the cost of steel production.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolpinchefsky/2012/02/21/how-much-would-it-cost-to-build-the-death-star-from-star-wars/

And it would take an estimated 800,000 years.

Asbo Zaprudder · December 5 2012, 09:38 AM

Pesky UN won't like it:

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

Drago-Kazov · December 5 2012, 10:02 AM

Smellincoffee wrote:

Agreed. Let's get people back into space, even if it means building a big explodey thing.

it will be probabaly done by the private sector for practical reasons. I don't think people have the same fascination with space as they had in the 60s.

Gaith · December 6 2012, 09:19 PM

I like a bit of good-natured geek frivolity as much as anyone else, but to put something like this in such a civic context is childish.

CorporalClegg · December 6 2012, 09:29 PM

I would like him to bring back the Cash for Clunkers, and put his foot down with Obamacare.

As long as he doesn't cave with the fiscal cliff, I think anything else is a bonus.

RJDiogenes · December 6 2012, 11:24 PM

Nah, not the Death Star. I'll sign a petition for the Millennium Falcon, though. Or the Enterprise. Or Babylon 5.

Mike Farley · December 7 2012, 12:48 AM

We currently can't even manage low earth orbit without hitching a ride. Better start small with a Star Destroyer or something.

Nerys Myk · December 7 2012, 02:44 AM

Landspeeder.

Triskelion · December 7 2012, 06:26 AM

blaster.

Nerys Myk · December 7 2012, 07:01 AM

Midi-chlorians

RJDiogenes · December 7 2012, 10:54 AM

Michelle Obama in a slave Leia costume.

Drago-Kazov · December 7 2012, 01:04 PM

Biden would love that.

December 5 2012, 03:08 AM	#1
Apogeal Alpha01 Rear Admiral Location: SoCal	We petition the Obama Administration to: Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016. 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 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. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pet...-2016/wlfKzFkN Let's see if we can make it happen people! We only need 23,000 signatures! __________________ I'm a lucky guy, and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary. -- Yogi Berra at a dinner in his honor

December 5 2012, 03:42 AM	#2
Smellincoffee Fleet Captain Location: Vulcan	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: Agreed. Let's get people back into space, even if it means building a big explodey thing. __________________ "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.." - Commander Montgomery Scott.

December 5 2012, 05:06 AM	#3
Hound of UIster Rear Admiral	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: Another piece of pork barrel legislation for the military-industrial complex.

December 5 2012, 08:29 AM	#4
Apogeal Alpha01 Rear Admiral Location: SoCal	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: This is the ultimate pork, it's beyond PORK! Sounds like a good idea, if it weren't for the scale. It is a galactically crazy idea. http://www.shockandahh.com/2012/02/e...ar-almost.html How Much Would It Cost to Build the Death Star from Star Wars? . . . .Even if you can imagine quite a bit, Centives, the economics blog of students of Lehigh University, says it would cost “$852,000,000,000,000,000. Or roughly 13,000 times the world’s GDP” to build the Death Star…and that’s just the cost of steel production. http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolpinchefsky/2012/02/21/how-much-would-it-cost-to-build-the-death-star-from-star-wars/ And it would take an estimated 800,000 years. __________________ I'm a lucky guy, and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary. -- Yogi Berra at a dinner in his honor

December 5 2012, 09:38 AM	#5
Asbo Zaprudder Rear Admiral Location: Chairman of the bored	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: Pesky UN won't like it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty __________________ "It is a lonely life, the way of the necromancer... oh, yes. Lacrimae Mundi - the tears of the world."

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December 6 2012, 09:19 PM	#7
Gaith Rear Admiral Location: Starfleet Command, The City that Knows How	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: I like a bit of good-natured geek frivolity as much as anyone else, but to put something like this in such a civic context is childish.

December 6 2012, 09:29 PM	#8
CorporalClegg Vice Admiral Location: Nuevo México	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: I would like him to bring back the Cash for Clunkers, and put his foot down with Obamacare. As long as he doesn't cave with the fiscal cliff, I think anything else is a bonus.

December 6 2012, 11:24 PM	#9
RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Location: RJDiogenes of Boston	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: Nah, not the Death Star. I'll sign a petition for the Millennium Falcon, though. Or the Enterprise. Or Babylon 5. __________________ Please stop by my Gallery and YouTube Page for a visit. And read Trunkards!

December 7 2012, 12:48 AM	#10
Mike Farley Commodore Location: Lost Vegas	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: We currently can't even manage low earth orbit without hitching a ride. Better start small with a Star Destroyer or something.

December 7 2012, 02:44 AM	#11
Nerys Myk Admiral Location: House of Kang, now with ridges	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: Landspeeder. __________________ Nerys Myk's Midnight In Never Land A novel of Dark Fantasy @ Amazon.com

December 7 2012, 06:26 AM	#12
Triskelion Commodore Location: Across a sea of suns	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: blaster. __________________ Star Trek Voyager: Shock Nova Flicker Burn Theater Presents: Zontar the Thing from Venus

December 7 2012, 07:01 AM	#13
Nerys Myk Admiral Location: House of Kang, now with ridges	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: Midi-chlorians __________________ Nerys Myk's Midnight In Never Land A novel of Dark Fantasy @ Amazon.com

December 7 2012, 10:54 AM	#14
RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Location: RJDiogenes of Boston	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: Michelle Obama in a slave Leia costume. __________________ Please stop by my Gallery and YouTube Page for a visit. And read Trunkards!

December 7 2012, 01:04 PM	#15
Drago-Kazov Fleet Captain	Re: We petition the Obama Administration to: Biden would love that.