May the Force be with future scientists, without a U.S. Death Star.
No Death Star for America.
I guess this means no pod racing, clone armies or light-saber battles either.
More than 34,400 citizens signed an online
White House petition to build this tool of mass destruction.
“By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense.”
But, our president doesn’t want to tap into our Dark Side or mounting debt.
In the official rejection letter, the administration cites the costs to be $850,000,000,000,000,000.
The witty, Star Wars-laden response states the reasons for turning down the request.
“The administration does not support blowing up planets,” it states. “Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?”
Ah, wise point to be wary of a future Luke Skywalker and his mad piloting skills.
Paul Shawcross, chief of the science and space branch of the White House Office of Management and Budget, wrote the response.
“We don’t have a Death Star, but we do have floating robot assistants on the Space Station, a President who knows his way around a light saber and advanced (marshmallow) cannon, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is supporting research on building Luke’s arm, floating droids and quadrupled walkers.”
Shawcross gives an overview of current space exploration projects and encouraged young people to enter science and math fields.
“If you do pursue a career in a science, technology, engineering or math-related field, the Force will be with us! Remember, the Death Star's power to destroy a planet, or even a whole star system, is insignificant next to the power of the Force.”
Even though the Death Star has been killed, can American designers at least get behind the Princess Leia hair or Queen Amidala makeup?
And definitely we need to continue finding ways to get robots to help more around the house.
