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If the Death Star was real, and how much energy you would need to power your superlaser, and how powerful your superlaser needs to be to destroy an Earth-like planet.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDL0KAm9Cbs

Nobody is constructing a real DS any time soon.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/isnt-petition-response-youre-looking

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
If the Death Star was real, and how much energy you would need to power your superlaser, and how powerful your superlaser needs to be to destroy an Earth-like planet.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDL0KAm9Cbs

Michael Wong and Dr. Saxton cover this very well in their respective websites.

Of course, if you believe the trekkies, the Death Star's superlaser really only yields a few gigatons, and actually operates via some invisible "chain reaction".