What If You Could Build the Death Star?

That's no moon. It's a space station. The enormous, planet-killing kind, designed for only one thing — to bring order to the galaxy. It's Star Wars' Imperial superweapon, the Death Star. What would it take to build one just like this? Where would we assemble the biggest weapon of mass destruction?

Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-you-could-build-the-death-star/

Watch more what-if scenarios:
Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhCwYD7rc&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJCzxwmCq0NNpYq9N9wyb2l
The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuJyVkMH_g&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U
Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3bBO05fpU&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIeRY3JtgXgoGqSEB7kDdKO
Your Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmXR46TrbA8&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJNsV9FFeNAKl2ySsHj8GZO
Humanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdCDQIyXGnw&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIFnvmOeWbv-Mt8zFxSCSvZ

Tweet us your what-if question to suggest an episode: https://twitter.com/WhatIfScience

What If elsewhere:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatif.show/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatIfScience
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science

Suggest an episode (detailed): http://bit.ly/suggest-whatif
T-shirts and merch: http://bit.ly/whatifstore

Feedback and inquiries: https://underknown.com/contact/

What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure — grounded in scientific theory — through time, space and chance, as we ask what if some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence were different.

Видео What If You Could Build the Death Star? канала What If