KrosseStarwind Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Death Star estimated cost at $852 quadrillion. [$852,000,000,000,000,000.00] If you've ever asked yourself "What am I going to do with the $852 quadrillion I stashed under the sofa cushions?" (Oprah, we're obviously talking to you), why not consider building your own Death Star? According to calculations posted on Centives, a blog run by Econ students at Lehigh University, building Darth Vader's planet-destroying mega weapon would cost "roughly 13,000 times the world's GDP" and would require so much steel -- writing the amount uses 15 zeroes -- it would take more than 833,000 years to produce it. Oh well. The second-best thing to owning an intergalactic weapon? Reading the counter-arguments in the Centives article's comment section. [[ Original Post: Centives How Much Would It Cost To Build The Death Star ]] [[ News Post on MSN: Source ]] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aralt Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Dang it, I really wanted my own Death Star, now I have nothing to live for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Malevolent Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Death Star estimated cost at $852 quadrillion. [$852,000,000,000,000,000.00] If you've ever asked yourself "What am I going to do with the $852 quadrillion I stashed under the sofa cushions?" (Oprah, we're obviously talking to you), why not consider building your own Death Star? According to calculations posted on Centives, a blog run by Econ students at Lehigh University, building Darth Vader's planet-destroying mega weapon would cost "roughly 13,000 times the world's GDP" and would require so much steel -- writing the amount uses 15 zeroes -- it would take more than 833,000 years to produce it. Oh well. The second-best thing to owning an intergalactic weapon? Reading the counter-arguments in the Centives article's comment section. [[ Original Post: Centives How Much Would It Cost To Build The Death Star ]] [[ News Post on MSN: Source ]] What's the exchange rate in Republic Credits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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