Certainly a concern to think about, but also consider how vast space actually is. The area around earth in space is very significantly larger than the area on e

Certainly a concern to think about, but also consider how vast space actually is. The area around earth in space is very significantly larger than the area on earth itself. Think of just how far the moon is away and still orbiting earth. You basically have ($max_orbit_distance - $min orbit_distance) all the way around earth. That is so much larger than the area we can build on earth, which is just a relative handful meters above or below the crust. And we’re not even close to utilizing most of earth’s surface area! Beyond that, the amount of activity in space will definitely be minuscule compared to the activity on earth. Put together, I space pollution will basically be a rounding error in the grand scheme of things, at least for a very, very long time. And beyond that, space is empty, so we aren’t even destroying anything to do stuff