Everything we launch has to pass through these low altitudes. If these altitudes become full of debris we might have to stop all launches for several years [1]

Everything we launch has to pass through these low altitudes. If these altitudes become full of debris we might have to stop all launches for several years [1] and no human presence at space for a bit longer. Quite scary, better to handwave it away "aint happen space is big". https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/59559/how-long-can-the-spacex-starlink-satellites-survive-before-they-deorbit https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/59559/how-long-can...