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Comment on NASA Veteran's Propellantless Propulsion Drive That Physics Says Shouldn't Work

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This triggers all the sketchy science alarms:

-New fundamental force

-Explains warp drive (??)

-Requires exquisite measurement methods and cancelling out all other interfering forces (which inevitably they won’t do well)

-Ex-big institute head scientist to lend credence

-No supporting scientific papers in a reputed journal

-Big claim of legitimacy based on a patent being granted

This is far sketchier than even Ranga Das’s superconductivity claims.

Explains warp drive (??)

I don't see any discussion of FTL speed, so not clear what you're talking about.

-Ex-big institute head scientist to lend credence

I believe Buhler is currently the lead research scientist at the Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory at Kennedy. Do you have evidence otherwise?

Big claim of legitimacy based on a patent being granted

A patent was granted, but that isn't the source of any particular claims of legitimacy I see.

This is far sketchier than even Ranga Das’s superconductivity claims.

I disagree. While I do think the odds are high that this is the result of the non-obvious intetaction of knowm forces, I suspect the mystery behind this unexplained result will be more interesting once solved.

"This triggers all the sketchy science alarms:"

Does it cure cancer like sea algae grown in mountain stream water?

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