The First Quantum-Entanglement Satelite

[W_L]

If the experimental satellite succeeds, China will have a technological advance equivalent to creation of the Printing Press (a Chinese invention originally as well, among gunpowder, paper, and compass).

 

The satellite was launched last month successfully:

 

http://qz.com/760804/chinas-new-quantum-satellite-will-try-to-teleport-data-outside-the-bounds-of-space-and-time-and-create-an-unbreakable-code/

 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-latest-leap-forward-isnt-just-greatits-quantum-1471269555

 

This could make a communication system impossible to hack, unless you're God himself (Not the Higgs Boson ).

 

Politically/militarily, this is something earth shattering, but Americans and Western world won't realize its importance for a while as a technological advantage. (I think as writers, we can figure out what this could portend for the future or at the very least I am doing it). The reason I am sharing this is more for inspiration purposes to near future Sci-Fi writers or modern fiction writers with a strong tech/military/politics bent 

 

It's also an important step to developing the ultimate goal, Star Trek-styled Transporters.
 

Edited September 4, 2016 by W_L