>There’s also an interesting kurzgesagt video that says that if we reach some threshold we’ll never be able to launch anything in space anymore. That's called

>There’s also an interesting kurzgesagt video that says that if we reach some threshold we’ll never be able to launch anything in space anymore. That's called Kessler Syndrome, but it's not as bad as you portray. It doesn't mean we'll never be able to launch anything any more; it just means we won't be able to launch anything for a few centuries or so. All orbital debris will eventually fall into the atmosphere and burn up, so we just have to wait.