{"id":235499,"date":"2026-04-18T10:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/what-if-you-could-build-the-death-star"},"modified":"2026-04-18T10:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:06:19","slug":"what-if-you-could-build-the-death-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/what-if-you-could-build-the-death-star","title":{"rendered":"What If You Could Build the Death Star?"},"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\/3aTMZtRZFzM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s no moon. It\u2019s a space station. The enormous, planet-killing kind, designed for only one thing \u2014 to bring order to the galaxy. It\u2019s Star Wars\u2019 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?<\/p>\n<p>Transcript and sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/insh.world\/science\/what-if-yo\">https:\/\/insh.world\/science\/what-if-yo<\/a>\u2026 more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 What If Earth Was in Fact Flat? The Cosmos: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 Video Technology: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 What If the Sahara Desert Was Covered With\u2026 Your Body: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 What If You Were Born on a Space Station? Humanity: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 What If You Were the Last Person on Earth? Tweet us your what-if question to suggest an episode: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ whatifscience What If elsewhere: Instagram: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ whatif.show Twitter: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ whatifscience Facebook: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ what.if.science Suggest an episode (detailed): <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/suggest-whatif\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/suggest-whatif<\/a> T-shirts and merch: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/whatifstore\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/whatifstore<\/a> Feedback and inquiries: <a href=\"https:\/\/underknown.com\/contact\/\">https:\/\/underknown.com\/contact\/<\/a> 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 \u2014 grounded in scientific theory \u2014 through time, space and chance, as we ask what if some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence were different.<\/p>\n<p>Watch more what-if scenarios:<br \/> Planet Earth: \u2022 What If Earth Was in Fact Flat?<br \/> The Cosmos: \u2022 Video.<br \/> Technology: \u2022 What If the Sahara Desert Was Covered With\u2026<br \/> Your Body: \u2022 What If You Were Born on a Space Station?<br \/> Humanity: \u2022 What If You Were the Last Person on Earth?<\/p>\n<p>Tweet us your what-if question to suggest an episode: \/ whatifscience.<\/p>\n<p>What If elsewhere:<br \/> Instagram: \/ whatif.show.<br \/> Twitter: \/ whatifscience.<br \/> Facebook: \/ what.if.science.<\/p>\n<p>Suggest an episode (detailed): <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/suggest-whatif.\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/suggest-whatif.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/what-if-you-could-build-the-death-star\">Continue reading \u201cWhat If You Could Build the Death Star?\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That\u2019s no moon. It\u2019s a space station. The enormous, planet-killing kind, designed for only one thing \u2014 to bring order to the galaxy. It\u2019s Star Wars\u2019 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-yo\u2026 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235499","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=235499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}