How Much Would it Cost to Build a Real-Life Death Star?

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[CarFreeSegnitz]

Building a Deathstar : 8 octillion dollars
Paying your crew : 4 trillion dollars
Firing the main laser : 200 billion dollars
Ruling over the galaxy with an iron fist : priceless

[yeah]

Short answer:A lot of money
Long answer:A lot of money.

[rofeky]

wow that's like 2 college tuitions

[Minstorm]

Well, obviously you'd need a galactic empire first. That's really the only reason they could manage it.

[matthewmckenna]

If only the US used that amount of money towards NASA.

[iaincampbell]

So you’re telling me there’s a chance?

[stonedude]

"Why would we make such a massive ship that can be blown up by a one man ship?"
Me: Don't put in the flaw then!




Also which country has X-Wings?

[wokid]

School : 1+1=2
Homework: 1+1+2+4=8
Test: George has 1.5l liters of water, calculate the sun's weight

[MadProductionsink]

You would have a use for a Death star if you had a galactic empire, then again you would need a galactic empire to build the weapon

[mrkacperso]

Actually flaw exploited by Rebels was put there by purpose by their agent, who was chief engineer working on it. ;)

[didrikgustafsson]

They dont need to build such a big star tho, why not build a couple of smaller ones which we can use against big meteorites coming to close to earth

[GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

Exactly how much would it cost in fuel to travel from one star system to another ( at light speed no doubt )? It would be propelled by some kind of fusion reactor I would imagine. All those nuclear fuel rods would be very expensive indeed!

[kennethcochrane]

You need to take into account the advancement of cloning and robots that provide a lot of energy and free labour.

[PassportGaming]

Did you see that infinity war trailer 2 tho?!?

[Razor.]

“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?”

[davgrex]

You uploads really cool and interesting videos, keep up the good work👏🏻👏🏻

[gamereditorner]

Well, good luck building and maintaining it. Really, good luck.👍

[deathdog]

I have an honest question, what about a realistic equivalent? A solar powered giant lazer with a minimalist crew. A Lazer that won't destroy a planet but one that would just be a very good weapon and could be focused on particular targets? Say a lazer with enough force to vaporize many life forms of a military base or part of a city? Such a weapon would still be better than any weapon of all time and more effective and less long term effects than nukes. How much would it cost?

[nadzyea]

lol the advertising of star wars on audio & fit people listening to it, lol that was a crack up

[niagaradrones]

I liked the cheeky Falcon Heavy nod. Kudos ST