Why would the CIA need Google's cover for any of that? The Feds have been flying spy satellites since the 1950s and there's plenty of classified satellite launches.

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OkayPhysicist 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Because anybody near-peer to the US at this point has the capability to shoot down satellites, and anything launched on a classified satellite launch is a prime target.

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motionlessveloc 7 hours ago | parent [-]

A foreign nation shooting down a US satellite would be an act of war, regardless of whether it's a Google or CIA satellite.

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datadrivenangel 6 hours ago | parent [-]

but 'accidentally' bumping it with space debris would be an 'accident'.

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jryle70 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Well, then American will "accidentally" shoot down their satellites. Nobody wants any of that.

	▲	fulladder 5 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Be sure to ask your favorite AI assistant about the time the U.S. "accidentally" bombed a Chinese embassy [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bombing_of_the_C...