<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60177" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3720772/China-launch-unbreakable-quantum-spy-satellite-say-one-day-lead-megascope-size-Earth-spot-license-plate-Jupiter-s-moons.html" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60213">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3720772/China-launch-unbreakable-quantum-spy-satellite-say-one-day-lead-megascope-size-Earth-spot-license-plate-Jupiter-s-moons.html</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60177" dir="ltr">[quote]</div><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60421"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60776" style="font-weight: normal;" size="2">China to launch unbreakable quantum spy satellite - and it could one day lead to a megascope the size of Earth that could 'spot a license plate on Jupiter's moons'</font></h1><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60422"><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60423"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60424" size="2"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60425">Satellite produces entangled photon pairs which form an encryption key</span></font></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60426"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60427" size="2"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60428">These photons will theoretically remain linked over great distances</span></font></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60429"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60430" size="2"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60431">This means that any attempts to listen in will be detected on the other side</span></font></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style: none;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60432"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60433" size="2"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60434">Scientists say this could one day make for a secure global network </span></font></li></ul><div style="min-height: 1px; font-family: graphik;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60435"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60463"><div style="min-height: 1px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60464"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60465" size="2">Scientists in China are set to launch the world’s first ‘quantum satellite,’ which could one day make for an ultra-secure global communications network.</font></div><div style="min-height: 1px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60466"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60467" size="2">The 1,300 pound craft contains a crystal that produces pairs of entangled photons, which will be fired to ground stations in China and Austria to form a ‘secret key.’</font></div><div style="min-height: 1px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60468"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60469" size="2">Entangled photons theoretically maintain their link across any distance, and according to the scientists, any attempts to breach this type of communication would be easily detectable.</font></div><div style="min-height: 1px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60468" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60803" size="2">[end of portion quoted]</font></div><div style="min-height: 1px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60468" dir="ltr"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="min-height: 1px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60468" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60827" size="2"> Jim Bell</font></div><div style="min-height: 1px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60468" dir="ltr"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="min-height: 1px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60468" dir="ltr"><font size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60890">(I have big questions about some of these statements in this article. But given the subject matter, quantum entanglement, confusion by lay individuals is to be expected.)</font></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60177" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60470"><font size="3"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60471"></font><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60472"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470240167486_60277"><br></div></div></body></html>