# There will be no Death Star this year. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940 "2013-01-12T04:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/1 "2013-01-12T04:54:41Z")
[Apparently, it’s just not in the budget.](https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/isnt-petition-response-youre-looking) ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/2 "2013-01-12T05:07:23Z")
Dammit!!! :mad: I told them nothing called a “Death Star” would get funding. Call it a _Life Star_ and add a reducer to the exhaust and we’d be on our way to Alderaan by now. But, no, stoopid No-It-All “job creators” now look what they’ve done. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/3 "2013-01-12T05:18:37Z")
Fools! We can’t afford a Death Star gap! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/4 "2013-01-12T05:24:20Z")
Wait. NASA’s “Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office” is abbreviated as C3PO? ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/5 "2013-01-12T06:22:45Z")
A pity. I was really hoping to see this Pluto-planet-not-a-planet thing settled for good. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/6 "2013-01-12T14:01:53Z")
Just as I expected. The administration is soft on interstellar defense. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/7 "2013-01-12T15:08:42Z")
I wonder if this thing is just a meta joke about trying [Dianne Feinstein for treason](http://www.infowars.com/petition-to-try-feinstein-for-treason-reaches-threshold-for-white-house-response/). It sounds like something Colbert would have started. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/8 "2013-01-12T15:41:19Z")
This never would have happened if we had elected Jimmy Smits. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/9 "2013-01-12T20:13:00Z")
The entire time I read that ask I was thinking was, “Blah blah blah. All I hear is 'no death Star.” ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/10 "2013-01-12T20:32:06Z")
Well, if he hadn’t already blown all the money on those death PANELS maybe we could have had our shiny new toy. ---
**Author:** ![Sevencl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sevencl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevencl)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/11 "2013-01-12T20:34:41Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Dammit!!! :mad: > > I told them nothing called a “Death Star” would get funding. > Call it a _Life Star_ and add a reducer to the exhaust and we’d be on our way to Alderaan by now. But, no, stoopid No-It-All “job creators” now look what they’ve done. > > ☹ **Freedom** Star. Anyone else feel a little bit annoyed whenever one of these joke-petitions circulates? Taking advantage of a serious attempt to improve democracy using modern technology is just going to discourage any future administrations from bothering. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/12 "2013-01-12T20:36:36Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Wait. NASA’s “Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office” is abbreviated as C3PO? Yes, but everyone knows the Resource and Research Development Department is the real brains of the outfit. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/13 "2013-01-12T21:31:05Z")
Just because the government won’t do it doesn’t mean it isn’t going to happen! In their response, they even point out that private groups are doing spacey stuff (technical term). -D/a ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/14 "2013-01-12T22:05:38Z")
Why should the government spend $846,000 trillion dollars on a Death Star when it can me done more cheaply, and in a quicker time frame, by private companies? Heck, I’ll get to work on building the thing myself. Anyone willing to send donations to my Paypal account, kindly PM me. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/15 "2013-01-12T22:18:26Z")
• 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? • The Death Star does not minimal OSHA construction standards. Where are the railings? Mostly from the link, mostly. CMC ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/16 "2013-01-12T22:35:32Z")
Ahem. “Peace moon”. And I think that it’s great that the administration is responding even to things like this. One, it shows that the government does actually have a sense of humor, and is making an effort to stay in touch with the people. And two, the bureaucrat who responded took the opportunity to highlight a bunch of the administration’s real policies, which will enjoy the publicity boost. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/17 "2013-01-12T22:41:48Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Ahem. “Peace moon”. Heh. I prefer “Zen Orb” myself though ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/18 "2013-01-12T23:03:30Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Ahem. “Peace moon”. > > And I think that it’s great that the administration is responding even to things like this. One, it shows that the government does actually have a sense of humor, and is making an effort to stay in touch with the people. And two, the bureaucrat who responded took the opportunity to highlight a bunch of the administration’s real policies, which will enjoy the publicity boost. Yes, he did, but he missed several opportunities to point out that we’re exploring strange, new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. ---
**Author:** ![Sevencl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sevencl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevencl)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/19 "2013-01-12T23:10:00Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > Yes, he did, but he missed several opportunities to point out that we’re exploring strange, new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. Patrick Stewart isn’t in the budget, and no one else sounds awesome saying that. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940/20 "2013-01-12T23:36:01Z")
> [@Sevencl](#): > > Patrick Stewart isn’t in the budget, and no one else sounds awesome saying that. He didn’t say that. He said, “…where no _one_ has gone before.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-no-death-star-this-year/646940.md?page=2)