“At the moment, the U.S. authorities just isn’t investing in such testbeds or demonstrations, making certain it is going to be a follower and never a frontrunner within the improvement of technical advances within the area,” stated a report launched final 12 months by the Quantum Financial Growth Consortium, a world affiliation of greater than 250 authorities companies, educational establishments, and companies.
There may be hope, nonetheless. For instance, in September, Boeing introduced that it’s engaged on a quantum satellite tv for pc, scheduled for launch in 2026. Nevertheless, this satellite tv for pc will solely check entanglement swapping expertise. That could be a key step in the direction of precise quantum communication, but it surely’s only a step. Precise quantum communication remains to be out of attain.
In truth, a quantum networking experiment was launched into area late final 12 months, stated Makan Mohageg, an utilized quantum physicist on the firm. The NASA JPL experiment, in regards to the dimension of two cereal packing containers, is the House Entanglement and Annealing QUantum Experiment — SEAQUE — and arrived on the Worldwide House Station in November. It was designed to check quantum transmitters and receivers within the aggravating surroundings of outer area, and in addition to check new “self-healing” expertise to permit lasers to recuperate from radiation injury.
“Excellent news,” Mohageg informed convention attendees. “The entanglement supply works, precisely the identical because it labored on Earth.”
