{"id":235497,"date":"2026-04-18T10:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/how-to-build-a-death-star-according-to-a-nasa-engineer"},"modified":"2026-04-18T10:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:06:05","slug":"how-to-build-a-death-star-according-to-a-nasa-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/how-to-build-a-death-star-according-to-a-nasa-engineer","title":{"rendered":"How to Build a Death Star According to a NASA Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3e4pPQZv0RE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Brian Muirhead explains how to build a Death Star and tells us what it would really be like to fly past a flurry of asteroids.<br \/> SUBSCRIBE for more videos: <a href=\"http:\/\/wrd.cm\/15fP7B7\">http:\/\/wrd.cm\/15fP7B7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still haven\u2019t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? \u25ba\u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/wrd.cm\/15fP7B7\">http:\/\/wrd.cm\/15fP7B7<\/a><br \/> Listen to the Get WIRED podcast \u25ba\u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/wired-ytc-desc\">https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/wired-ytc-desc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: <a href=\"https:\/\/wrd.cm\/DailyYT\">https:\/\/wrd.cm\/DailyYT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. Here you can find your favorite WIRED shows and new episodes of our latest hit series Tradecraft.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT WIRED<br \/> WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.<\/p>\n<p>How to build a death star according to a NASA engineer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/how-to-build-a-death-star-according-to-a-nasa-engineer\">Continue reading \u201cHow to Build a Death Star According to a NASA Engineer\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s Brian Muirhead explains how to build a Death Star and tells us what it would really be like to fly past a flurry of asteroids. SUBSCRIBE for more videos: http:\/\/wrd.cm\/15fP7B7 Still haven\u2019t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? \u25ba\u25ba http:\/\/wrd.cm\/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast \u25ba\u25ba https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/wired-ytc-desc. Get more incredible stories on science and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}