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Death Star: NASA engineer reveals Empire could have re-purposed asteroid to create ultimate weapon
Daily Mail ^
| December 11, 2015
| Cheyenne MacDonald
Posted on 12/10/2015 8:18:22 PM PST by rickmichaels
A NASA engineer has proposed a method to efficiently build a Death Star, and it's not the way the Empire would have done it.
Instead of constructing the massive weapon from nothing, by shooting materials out from a planet, an asteroid could be used to provide all of the essential building blocks.
The Empire is doing things the hard way; using an asteroid to build a Death Star would require much less work, as metals and organic compounds would already be there.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; deathstar; lukeskywalker; physics; starwars
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To: rickmichaels
Hmmmmmmmm ... mining the asteroids?? Why hasn’t anyone ever thought of this before?? /s
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posted on
12/10/2015 8:22:49 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(I support anything which diminishes the Muslim population.)
To: rickmichaels
The Empire wanted to, but the galactic environmental wackos threw a hissy fit.
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posted on
12/10/2015 8:25:40 PM PST
by
WhatNot
(The Gospel doesn't promise the American dream, it promises Eternal life in the Kingdom of God.)
To: rickmichaels
Well, if you look at the no-longer-canon Star Wars books, the Empire was actually building a ship killer to take out the giant World Ships of the anticipated extra-galatic Yuuzhan Vong invasion.
The fact that it also worked on rebellious planets was just a bonus.
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posted on
12/10/2015 8:26:26 PM PST
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: rickmichaels
“Re-purposed”
LOL!
What ‘purpose’ did the asteroid have in the first place?
There’s an alien plot to use the media to destroy critical thinking on Earth.
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posted on
12/10/2015 8:33:02 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: rickmichaels
I have a better idea.
Put motors on asteroids that are the size of a two story house and drive them down on the target planet.
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posted on
12/10/2015 8:33:05 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
You were watching Gundam reruns weren’t you ;)
To: rickmichaels
"I proposed it to NASA, who said it was impossible. Air Force ain't interested either, they've had one for the last ten years."
...and if you're old enough to remember Dr. Atomic Comix, you're TOO OLD!
To: rickmichaels; Jeff Head
Dragon's Fury ping!
Mr. Head's novel's deal with this scenario is a very realistic way.
To: Dan Cooper
Using the asteroid material as a weapon, that is.
To: BenLurkin
Put motors on asteroids that are the size of a two story house and drive them down on the target planet.
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posted on
12/10/2015 8:44:58 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(CNBC = Clowns Neutered By Cruz)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
12/10/2015 8:49:23 PM PST
by
piytar
(http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
To: rickmichaels
NASA. muslims in space. Now there’s an idea....
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posted on
12/10/2015 10:10:53 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: rickmichaels
seems like you could use nanobots to do much of the repurposing once the technology has advanced. maybe in a few decades at the rate were going.
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posted on
12/11/2015 12:49:46 AM PST
by
RC one
(....and subject to the jurisdiction thereof)
To: rickmichaels
Paging John Ringo! Might be a story here, John. Oh, wait . . .
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
12/11/2015 3:02:49 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: BenLurkin
Didn’t Heinlin suggest that in Starship Troopers? (The book, not that movie. Although the women in the movie took up the slack for the rest of the film.)
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posted on
12/11/2015 3:06:19 AM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(I had student debt. It came from a bank. Not from the Govt.)
To: rickmichaels
we’re paying this guy to speculate on sci-fi movies?
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posted on
12/11/2015 5:48:51 AM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: Vermont Lt
I was thinking more of the bombardment from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. And of the alien planet in This Island Earth.
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posted on
12/11/2015 7:38:26 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
My sci fi repertoire is pretty thin. I will have to look those up. Thanks.
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posted on
12/11/2015 7:51:41 AM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(I had student debt. It came from a bank. Not from the Govt.)
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