That’s all achievable fairly soon, within two decades maybe.

Sure, if there's: (a) investment in it, and (b) engineering and research behind it.

The person in the article is doubting that there will be A, and the way things are trending in America I doubt B will occur here.

Political stability isn't just a "nice to have" it's "table stakes" as the suits are fond of saying. People are not going to achieve much advanced research in a country that is actively collapsing.

But who knows? Maybe China will crack it.