This seems so science-fictiony that most people won't take it seriously. That would be a bad mistake.

Not only are we messing up the planet, we're also inadvertently shutting our door to space. When we're shut in, we're probably shut in for ever.

And when I say "we" are shutting that door, I mean mainly Musk.

robertvanwey.substack.com/p/th…

The Imminence of the Destruction of the Space Program

New calculations put the date much closer than we should be comfortable with

^{Robert Vanwey (The Evidence Files)}