This is Not the Petition you are Looking For

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In summary: TRILLION. Really?In summary, the White House does not support the construction of a Death Star due to its high cost, potential flaws, and lack of practical applications.
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OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE TO
Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.
This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For
By Paul Shawcross

The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn't on the horizon. Here are a few reasons:

-The construction of the Death Star has been estimated to cost more than $850,000,000,000,000,000. We're working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it.
-The Administration does not support blowing up planets.
-Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?
-However, look carefully (here's how) and you'll notice something already floating in the sky -- that's no Moon, it's a Space Station! Yes, we already have a giant, football field-sized International Space Station in orbit around the Earth...
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...d-begin-construction-death-star-2016/wlfKzFkN

A starfighter is not a starship, but otherwise, well done!
 
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russ_watters said:
A starfighter is not a starship

Sure it is. Luke took one from Hoth all the way to Dagobah.
 
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Without a hyperdrive? I find that hard to believe.
 
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ISS...pffft. When they can vaporise Alderaan, then they can talk. :rolleyes:
 
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russ_watters said:
Without a hyperdrive? I find that hard to believe.

That is why you fail. :P

X-wings do have hyperdrives:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-wing#Depiction
Lacking an on-board navigation computer, they rely on an astromech droid to calculate hyperspace jumps. The presence of a hyperdrive and deflector shields differentiate the X-wing from the Empire's TIE fighters
 
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On the other hand, anything smaller than a planet, that would generate the energy required to blow up said planet, would instead blow itself up.
 
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The construction of the Death Star has been estimated to cost more than $850,000,000,000,000,000.
That's if the govt builds it. The free market could make it for $9.95.
Death Star.
 

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