Citing a need for increased “space advantage”
and job creation, over 13,000 people have signed an official appeal on
White House.gov demanding that the United States government secure funds and
resources and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.
“By focusing our defense resources into a
space-superiority platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the
government can encourage job creation in the fields of construction,
engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense,”
reads the petition.
As of Monday morning, it had received 13,302 signatures --
far more than nearly every other appeal on the site.
A suggestion to increase the budget of NASA has received just
3,964 votes. A call for protection for Guatemalan citizens in light of recent
earthquakes: 8,563.
A suggestion that federal workers get Christmas Eve off has
received 14,646 votes.
Despite the groundswell of enthusiasm for the plan -- which
was filed under “science and space policy” -- it stands little chance of
reaching President Obama’s desk.
The appeal needs another 11,700 signatures to
reach the 25,000 threshold necessary for the government to take it gravely.
“The right to petition your government is guaranteed by the
First Amendment of the United States Constitution,” the website explains.
And
while the Death Star concept passed the first threshold of 150 signatures,
which makes it searchable on the site, it has until Dec. 14 to cross that line.
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