The case for a quantum internet in distributed space operations
Pierfrancesco La Mura
HHL – Leipzig Graduate School of Management
In space, the ability to perform coordinated maneuvers or observations in real time can be quite valuable. For teams with widely separated agents (e.g., a Mars rover piloted from Earth) autonomy becomes a practical necessity for responsive operations, as classical communication is often too slow to be helpful. In team-based space applications, quantum communication technology can play an important role in helping exceed the limits of classical coordination. I will present a general result on quantum advantage for general classes of team decision problems, and discuss some stylized scenarios in which the efficiency of a team of space-based observatories can provably exceed its classical boundaries.