US10144532B2 – Craft using an inertial mass reduction device

Re:US10144532B2 – Craft using an inertial mass reduction device by mabbo on Friday April 26, 2019 @04:16PM (#19761367)

There's two distinct possibilities...

1. A lot of physics is about to be rewritten. Travel to other planets and stars is within our grasp. The entire world is about to change. We'll all remember this day for the rest of our lives.

2. The Navy has been paying a very convincing snake oil salesman to make patents for impossible devices.

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Re:US10144532B2 – Craft using an inertial mass reduction device by mattkrause on Friday April 26, 2019 @04:27PM (#19761444)

3. Someone's KPIs are linked to the number of patents submitted, and they're willing to take a flier on some very speculative ideas.

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Re:US10144532B2 – Craft using an inertial mass reduction device by riffic on Friday April 26, 2019 @08:58PM (#19763062)

To qualify for a patent, there is no requirement that an invention works.

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Re:US10144532B2 – Craft using an inertial mass reduction device by _rpd on Saturday April 27, 2019 @01:04AM (#19763892)

In fact, the opposite is true, but patent examiners are imperfect.

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Re:US10144532B2 – Craft using an inertial mass reduction device by OatsAndHoney on Friday April 26, 2019 @06:43PM (#19762397)

This is more than travel to other planets. This is travel to other times, maybe even other dimensions or universes.

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Re:US10144532B2 – Craft using an inertial mass reduction device by noobermin on Friday April 26, 2019 @08:09PM (#19762846)

Which leads one to think explanation #2 is most likely.

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