Would mankind ever build a space station so massive that can have firepower strong enough to eradicate a whole entire planet?

[Christoff92]

Death Star destroying planet Alderaan. 1977 version.

Death Star destroying planet Alderaan. New version.

Such as the Death Star destroying Alderaan in Star Wars. New Hope. Aired in 1977 😀

[ChillaxingLove]

That would be super duper ungodly expensive. I’m thinking well passed trillions of dollars. not even exaggerating. Know one is that ambitious to even desire that. Look what we did with the atom bomb, imagine a planet killer. Uhh no we are not responsible enough for that

[slatyb]

No, we wouldn't. There's no possible way for a spaceship to contain enough energy to destroy a planet. However, it could very possibly kill much of the life on a planet.

[Anonymous]

Mankind hasn't even made it to mars

[Christoff92]

That's why billionaire Sir Richard Branson is working on space flight travel to most likely and especially to Mars 😬

[nolabels]

I would guess that anything is possible if mankind were to survive long enough to build such a thing.

[jshm2]

Yes. There was a book a while back called : The Physics of Star Wars and it goes through all these scenarios.