Aww- a pity. Death Star cancelled.

[Channel Hopper]

Not sure whether it was the fact that the US has other things on its plate at the moment.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20997144

 

[Piltdownpaul]

I read this earlier- Its a bit like an early april fools, no country could warrant the expense etc. Funny news item though

 

[Lazarus]

O(what a)bama.

 

[2cvbloke]

I tell ya, them star wars nuts are really silly, NASA is made up of Trekkies, not warsies, hence why they're building prototype warp engines, rather than playing "Knights in shining armour in space!!!"...

 

[Channel Hopper]

Now they've got the funding started

Sci-Fi fans pushing for the creation of a Star Wars inspired “Death Star” have raised almost US$400,000 on a fundraising site to make it happen. It comes after Washington turned down a petition for its construction, citing astronomical costs.
Undeterred by Washington’s lack of enthusiasm, supporters of the proposed Death Star have generated an account on Kickstarter – a funding platform for creative projects, which asks for direct financial support from others in order to bring an idea to life.
The open source Death Star page is initially aiming to raise 20,000,000 pounds ($31.5 million). The money would be used to design more “detailed plans and enough chicken wire to protect reactor exhaust ports.”



http://rt.com/usa/news/death-star-construction-kickstarter-847/

 

[2cvbloke]

Something William Shatner likes to say to over-the-top trekkies really applies to these daft warsies, "Get a life!".....

 

[Channel Hopper]

Not forgetting something to take on the Death Star (when finally constructed)

We can't let this new Death Star go unchallenged, so we're raising funds to form a new Rebel Alliance and construct a fleet of proton torpedo armed X-Wing fighters to take down this new Death Star.


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/simonkwan/crowdfunding-rebel-alliance-x-wing-squadron

 

[2cvbloke]

Personally, I'd say build more insane asylums, cos these people seem to have lost the plot and can't tell the difference between reality (where the writers of such stories exist) and fantasy (where over-the-top nerds exist in their heads)...