Whitehouse Responds to "Death Star" Petition

Well, it got over 34,000 signatures, but sadly, the Whitehouse Responded for the petition to build a death star, and This Isn’t the Petition Response You’re Looking For :(

Some of their (faulty, IMHO) reasoning is:

• The construction of the Death Star has been estimated to cost more than $850,000,000,000,000,000. We’re working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it.
• The Administration does not support blowing up planets.
• Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?

That said, there’s a lot of good stuff in the response about the current state of technology that’s good to see. Kudos for to the white house for responding.