NASA and U.S. National Science Foundation Agree to Collaborate on Quantum Computing Technology, Communications

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION REGARDING ACHIEVEMENT OF MUTUAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ADVANCING SPACE, EARTH, AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Key points…

+  Discuss funding research with support, among others, of the National Space Quantum Laboratory program which plans to use a laser system on the ISS to exchange quantum information between two ground-based quantum communication networks without a physical link and to accelerate the development of photonic integrated circuits and other devices to improve size, weight, and power.

+  Continue collaboration between the NSF and the ISSNL, and work together, along with the ISSNL manager CASIS, to potentially develop a strategy for increased use of the ISSNL by NSF.

+  Areas to explore, in particular, include dedicating ISSNL and NASA resources to support new and/or existing NSF efforts in materials research, biological sciences, electrical, communications, quantum technology, cyber-systems, and other areas of science and engineering that can benefit from the unique micro-gravity environment provided by ISS.

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