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The Very Real History of Death Stars
Space stations are reflections of those who build them. Some, like the International Space Station and the proposed Lunar Gateway, are shared spaces that humanity can use as a springboard from our home planet. And then there are armed space stations, bringers of doom from above.
In Star Wars, an armed space station could harness enough power to crack entire planets. The Death Star's level of destruction is a sci-fi pipe dream, thank goodness. But that hasn't stopped very serious military minds from developing and even launching very real armed space stations.
Some resemble the Galactic Empire’s killer that's-no-moon more than others, but they share one common goal that Darth Vader would appreciate: dominating a planet from orbit.
Space stations are reflections of those who build them. Some, like the International Space Station and the proposed Lunar Gateway, are shared spaces that humanity can use as a springboard from our home planet. And then there are armed space stations, bringers of doom from above.
In Star Wars, an armed space station could harness enough power to crack entire planets. The Death Star's level of destruction is a sci-fi pipe dream, thank goodness. But that hasn't stopped very serious military minds from developing and even launching very real armed space stations.
Some resemble the Galactic Empire’s killer that's-no-moon more than others, but they share one common goal that Darth Vader would appreciate: dominating a planet from orbit.
