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End of Space – Creating a Prison for Humanity
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

Kurzgesagt explains how accumulating space junk could trigger a collision cascade (Kessler syndrome) that makes launches too dangerous and traps humanity on Earth.
The standard explainer HN links in satellite and debris threads for the collision-cascade risk.
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