"Hello, Academician Pan." Chu Feng had always held researchers in high regard. Scientific research was simply too grueling and exhausting; ordinary people could never stick with it.
Besides, to put it plainly, researchers were all the best of the best!
Who wouldn't scramble to recruit them? And if they took their research results and turned them into money, China's wealth rankings would probably gain quite a few more names. Yet some people could endure loneliness, spending their days in dull laboratories facing heaps of complex experimental data. Some of their work even put their lives at risk.
"Mr. Chu, I heard your company successfully manufactured quantum communication satellites and is preparing to launch them into space. Is that correct?"
As expected of a researcher, he could not wait to answer his own questions.
"That's right. Our company has successfully produced ten quantum communication satellites suitable for commercial use. We're just waiting to launch them," Chu Feng answered honestly.
"Then could you explain how your company solved the problems with quantum communication?" Pan Jianwei went straight to the heart of the matter.
There were three reasons why current quantum communication technology was still immature, or rather, limited.
The first was that quantum communication used a point-to-point approach, which limited its flexibility and mobility.
If satellite-to-ground communication was used instead, communication could only take place when the satellite passed directly above the receiver.
This also meant quantum communication was unsuitable for battlefield communications, where conditions changed by the second. It was only suitable for military command communications along fixed lines.
The second issue was that the single-photon transmission method used in quantum communication placed high demands on the operating environment.
If transmission took place through free space, communication could only be carried out on clear, fogless nights to avoid the effects of