There's a $850 Quintillion Death Star Kickstarter Campaign

[exfileme]

The rejected petition to the U.S. government has now moved to the Death Star.

There's a $850 Quintillion Death Star Kickstarter Campaign : Read more

 

[Parsian]

it has nearly reached $300,000 USD. WOW. if they riase 1% of that money, they can probably pay for complete rebuilt of Africa 100X times. Alternatively, they can start a massive city on Mars.

 

[jkflipflop98]

Do I like Star Wars? Hell yeah I do. Do I want my own Death Star? Of course.

However, starting a kickstarter with a target of more money than has ever existed in the entirety of humanity is a little stupid. It's not going to happen.

 

[virtualban]

I would rather see a ring like in Halo..
*comes back from dream lands*

 

[dgingeri]

Maybe a Death Star is reaching a bit. Perhaps we could invest a couple trillion dollars on a Doom Star.

 

[unoriginal1]

"We're working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it,"

I like this comment. As we spend 120 million on an inauguration party :/.

 

[unoriginal1]

Correction:

Bush 2005 ~ 158 Million
Obama 2009 ~ 170 Million
Obama 2012 ~ 180 Million

 

[jankeke]

Why not just convert Mimas to a death star ? That would be A LOT cheaper !
Fit it with some armor plating and drill a few holes for corridors and rooms, add a death ray and voilà ! There's your death star.

 

[Pailin]

Well, we have plenty of time to pitch in th emoney!

Will see how far it gets when the Funding ends on Monday, April 1


-- I do think a Serious campaign for a Serious Project "like" this could Actually work! I would put money on it.

 

[sixdegree]

I bet if a hostile alien race ever come to the earth, everybody will stop laughing and start funding this glorious project.

 

[whiteodian]

[citation][nom]jankeke[/nom]Why not just convert Mimas to a death star ? That would be A LOT cheaper !Fit it with some armor plating and drill a few holes for corridors and rooms, add a death ray and voilà ! There's your death star.[/citation]That would be much more logical. The resources and time needed to construct one from scratch are rediculous. Was the original one hollow at all? I'm not sure why they need all that space.

 

[ankaj]

So what happens if it actually gets funded?

 

[gm0n3y]

I've pledged a decent bit of coin to this. If this somehow makes it to $20,000,000 I'll be very surprised, but OK with them taking my money. I'd love to see real science projects that are funded like this. I'd throw ~$20-50 at projects that I feel are worthwhile.

 

[blackmancer]

retards. nuf said

 

[basketcase87]

[citation][nom]jkflipflop98[/nom]Do I like Star Wars? Hell yeah I do. Do I want my own Death Star? Of course.However, starting a kickstarter with a target of more money than has ever existed in the entirety of humanity is a little stupid. It's not going to happen.[/citation]
I'm sure they're totally serious about this project.

 

[cozmosis]

I hate to nitpick, but isn't it $850 quadrillion, not quintrillion?

 

[Pailin]

£543,000,000,000,000,00 ($850,000,000,000,000,000) to secure full funding for actual construction.

They messed up the Kickstarter description missing a 0 for the £ version, but is definitely quintillion that was meant 😉

 

[george21546]

Just pay for it with those 1 trillion coins

 

[robochump]

$850 Quintillion is one thing. I wonder what the monthly maid service would cost! I can only assume the Empire did not pay its workers but instead allowed them, not only to live, but gave them food and shelter as payment. Damn, the logistics alone for making the Death Star would make for a cool Star Wars movie. Do any of you guys think the original architect of Death Star I was around for DS 2? lol

 

[wifiwolf]

Can they make it un-hackable