I disagree. I'd be completely find with a $1bn financial tag with it. That's not going to be $1bn for a year but spread over something like 5-10 years. If this is a strategic technology, it is highly beneficial for the government to invest in it. They'll make the money back once the technology becomes widespread.
And I mean, look at the last paragraph
> ... the NSF that would be given $100 billion over five years to invest in American research and technology issues, including quantum computing.
Which seems low when you consider that we spent $430 bn on the F35 and lifetime expected cost is 1.5tn for more acquisition and maintenance. Governments work with larger amounts of money and when you look at science (arguably the best way to get ahead in military) it is pennies (CERN was funded internationally and only cost around $20bn over 10 years and $1bn/yr for operation). I mean the largest super computers cost only a couple hundred million, which means if Google or Facebook wanted to, they could compete.
And I mean, look at the last paragraph
> ... the NSF that would be given $100 billion over five years to invest in American research and technology issues, including quantum computing.
Which seems low when you consider that we spent $430 bn on the F35 and lifetime expected cost is 1.5tn for more acquisition and maintenance. Governments work with larger amounts of money and when you look at science (arguably the best way to get ahead in military) it is pennies (CERN was funded internationally and only cost around $20bn over 10 years and $1bn/yr for operation). I mean the largest super computers cost only a couple hundred million, which means if Google or Facebook wanted to, they could compete.