This Millennium Falcon Infographic Reviews Its Real World Costs
Rebecca Byers — March 4, 2015 — Pop Culture
References: infographics.buildmillenniumfalcon & designtaxi
The Millennium Falcon infographic is a clever tongue-in-cheek breakdown of the real world costs associated with the infamous fictional spacecraft of the Star Wars universe. The infographic goes about calculating the astronomical production costs by compiling a list of technologies that could be repurposed into a modern Millennium Falcon.
Some of the technologies included in the mock up rundown are a high power mobile phone jammer to serve as a sensor and communication jammer, a nuclear propulsion reactor for the quadex power core, an ARCHER supercomputer for navigation and an infra-red laser weapon system to act as a blaster cannon.
The estimated cost, which even takes into consideration workers' salary, listed as a result of the Millennium Falcon infographic is £3.2 million.
Some of the technologies included in the mock up rundown are a high power mobile phone jammer to serve as a sensor and communication jammer, a nuclear propulsion reactor for the quadex power core, an ARCHER supercomputer for navigation and an infra-red laser weapon system to act as a blaster cannon.
The estimated cost, which even takes into consideration workers' salary, listed as a result of the Millennium Falcon infographic is £3.2 million.
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