Above: Artistic impression of an exoplanet. Once scaled-up sufficiently, NASA will use its quantum computers to scan the copious amounts of data acquired by Kepler and other space telescopes to identify distant planets like this one. Credit: IAU/L. CalçadaI spoke to Dr. Rupak Biswas, deputy director of the Exploration Technology Directorate at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. Biswas
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