End of Space - Creating a Prison for Humanity

Space travel is the most exciting adventure for humanity, but in an irony of history we may stop ourselves from going into space the more we do it. With every rocket launched we are creating a deadly trap for mankind.
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[@diyaz-gaming3385]

Hey

[@deepakmhatre465]

@Matthew (Student) Agonoy the rail guns ain't possible because it needs very low gravity like a 3rd Of the Earth's gravity

[@kucfogflesrouyhctib2521]

space junk? or space treasure? space scrap or space station parts? how about test building in space?

[@kucfogflesrouyhctib2521]

oh and a phallic space magnets, made from space junk to fuck the earth.

[@patientsurgicaleducation]

I am NOT getting hit by metal!

[@evilnet1]

Humanity's endless ability to shoot itself in the foot.

[@muncher1753]

eliss suzaku fix problem, create new problem, fix new problem, create another problem, rinse and repeat

[@dindindundun8211]

Humanity's endless ability to have a foot to shoot.

[@sterbern6762]

eliss suzaku which enraged his father who punished him severely

[@popthieves5755]

You're saying that humanity uses time to overcome obstacles? That's almost like... evolution? Crazy.

[@katcano4474]

@ADEBISI ADEBISI you maybe wanna expand there?

[@Trivvy]

Man, Kurzgesagt is such a damn rollercoaster. One month: Here's a reason to be horribly afraid! The next: Here's a reason to be hopeful! The next: Here's a reason why that previous hopeful thing is irrelevant, and you should STILL be afraid!

[@sploofmcsterra4786]

They are optimistic nilhists. They always highlight how all is not lost, like how there are solutions here and it will not last forever anyway. (they don't highlight the latter though too much likely for fear of inaction due to apathy. )

[@joppekim]

The world is filled with problems, and some of those problems have solutions. I'm just happy that there is a channel on KZbin that makes people aware of these things, there are probably many people that wants to be a rocket scientists for example, and now they know what problems lie ahead.

[@MikolajWnek]

Lately they kill off lots of their birds in their videos. It makes me sad :(. Amused, but sad.

[@heycharliemot]

Because only pushing one side is how you form an echo chamber

[@ionutblaj128]

Eh, I forgot about the point of the video in no more than 1 day

[@rkirk]

Honestly, it sounds like the setting for a cyberpunk future: "What do you do for a living?" "Oh, you know, I pilot drones in low-earth-orbit, sucking up 60-year old space debris and harpooning defunct satellites. The hours suck, but the benefits are good."

[@jtho8937]

Planetes came out back in 1999. Check it out.

[@supersentaipepsi3736]

@@jtho8937 that anime is what got me into space stuff

[@mrsauce9307]

That sounds pretty lit Ian gon lie lol

[@lifetech4146]

Drones in orbits????..

[@justinbro20]

wasn't there a movie about that?

[@trifectumart]

It's ironic that our only other method to escape pollution is being blocked by the debre of our attempts to reach new locations

[@IHateUniqueUsernames]

That's a rather sordid way of looking at things. If you pollute and just leave a planet, how many more will you potentially destroy before eventually, you need to cleanup your galaxy? Remember, since everything is moving away at faster than the speed of light there are no other galaxies you can practically run to.

[@trifectumart]

@@IHateUniqueUsernames good point, good point, I like to see a non aggressive response every now and then, and yours made me think.

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

@@IHateUniqueUsernames Well, I think the key to any realistic plan like this necessarily includes the Earth becoming one big nature preserve/breadbasket for the entire solar systems food. Life itself is perhaps THE rarest and most valuable asset available on Earth after all, you might as well prioritize it as you expand.

[@jackbenson3011]

​@@IHateUniqueUsernamesandromeda is getting closer to us though so im sure we can just forget all our problems and go there

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Alien #1: "Should we invade that little blue planet?" Alien #2: "Are you crazy?! They surrounded their entire planet with an impenetrable Sphere of Death!"

[@fabianp.2986]

Alien #1: We got magnets Alien #2: Oh yeah...lets go

[@auhsojacosta1672]

@@fabianp.2986 how would they remove the trash from their magnet?

[@Michael-eg3rs]

@@auhsojacosta1672 did you watch the video? They stated the magnet would not pull it. It would just push it away

[@chaoticsquidintuos1337]

@@Michael-eg3rs some people comment before watching it

[@kinagrill]

Maybe that's why Aliens have never visited. They fear our shrapnel shield defense system. :p

[@sabredragostea534]

One of humanity's greatest continued faults: Creating something new and cool but forgetting to make a way to clean it up.

[@alenlastimosa7069]

But it’s a price that’s worth paying if it means space-scale expansion

[@sabredragostea534]

@Blaise 2067 In a just world it would be the rich.

[@SaintStarcraft]

@@sabredragostea534 in a just world there would be no rich, nor poor.

[@xethanxxstraightx1794]

just like plastic

[@AdmiralFroggy]

No, it's not that it's forgotten....it's that their is no incentive to clean up. There is no money in it.

[@teresablue2553]

This actually fills me with hope.. What a kind universe it would be if this was the great filter; if this was why we don't see any aliens.

[@steeledminer616]

Makes sense; Space travel isn't the easiest thing, and the more you attempt the harder it gets. It's entirely possible that it's just a matter of hitting a success before that point of no return, which lines up with a lot of the other filters.

[@51umgu11i0n]

What an optimistic and inspiring point of view!

[@ryukin_iii]

I don't understand?

[@TheMaster-sp6iw]

@@ryukin_iiiit’s a different vid

[@Evan_2-the_sequel]

no matter what, it always catches me off-guard when the little duck characters get mutilated or killed

[@zip0869]

“We might trap ourselves on our planet.” I think I found the Great Filter.

[@somenamethatindicatesthati3102]

Matt Viegelmann OHHHH U DID!!

[@itofgamesco5480]

WHAIT!!! WE ARE FACE TO FACE WITH EXTIGS NOW!!!

[@Parasmunt]

No, all these things will fall back to Earth in decades - centuries.

[@thefirstsin]

Ohh it is a great filter nice brain

[@theplaguedoc1997]

great filter implies it eradicates civilization and is unstoppable. space junk is/does neither.

[@swiftyunknown]

Thanks for giving me more un-needed anxiety.

[@keshlalish5586]

heading back to 1970s tech would imho bring that anxiety wayyyyyyy down. preventing all the toxicity from around the world of spreading

[@Grimsowerart]

@@keshlalish5586 Uh you do realize that it would destroy a lot of infrastructure right?

[@kazsmaz]

@@Grimsowerart and many many people would die of starvation

[@3Dusers]

@@kazsmaz well at least t-series wont be a problem anymore kek

[@Trowo]

@@3Dusers but pewdiepie as well.

[@spoon4251]

you know its REALLY bad when kurzgesagt's narrator himself says that its HORRIFYING

[@ckl9390]

Perhaps the Kessler Effect is the Great Filter. A species' early attempts to colonise space lead to it's entrapment. Though this wouldn't necessarily stop ground based transmission of signals, if we'd even hear those.

[@cantkeep]

It wouldn’t be, at some point in the next few centuries there will be a rocket alloy Able to withstand the energy, or do it the German WW2 way of making everything 10x thicker

[@Meileehere]

Me: The earth is polluted, the ocean is polluted, the air is polluted. What else could we possibly pollute? Space: Think again!

[@firehunters123]

Lol

[@justanotherasian4395]

Humans will find a way to pollute anything.

[@justcuong2238]

Definitely not a solution

[@epicnoresh]

Haha

[@hayasheeeesh]

Don't forget about light pollution.

[@bobwardson4412]

What we need is a *vacuum* cleaner.

[@musicdev]

Haha stop that!

[@RuddyAristocrat]

Recreate the space vacuum from Space Balls

[@satania0675]

the air up there too thin to succ

[@Pottalowski]

Ruddy Aristocrat "She's going from suck to blow!"

[@BBlaze.]

@@satania0675 Yes, actually there is virtually no air at all. It's what we call a vacuum. And we need to clean it. Get it?

[@lindseylindsey9200]

I was gonna suggest the magnet thing (albeit a little different from in the video), thinking “this is probably a dumb idea I don’t know much about space” only to hear that it is a serious idea and possibly one of the safest

[@paul9299]

I imagine something like an aerogel sponge matrix would work decently for essentially vacuuming up most objects up. Not technically difficult and would definitely mitigate the chance of Kessler syndrome happening. You manufacturer the aerogel in space, position it for cleanup, then just decelerate it into the atmosphere for an efficient cleanup

[@MaxUgly]

Going to move my original post here because I think you said something similar but in a smarter, more eloquent way... What about launching large blobs of some type of "play dough" or whatever size/density/other properties "soft/gooey" material to just "soak up" the smallest pieces. I am not smart enough to know how this mission could be carried out, but it would be much easier to track, especially if it had some special reflective properties or even some type of transmitter fitted. I went to St. Augustine, Florida and there is a giant fort hundreds of years old right on the coast. It still stands, seemingly basically unscathed. The stone available to build the fort had the perfect properties to just absorb any cannonballs/artillery fired at it. Such a cool tech, I am not even sure if the engineers knew how great their material was, or it was just all they had to work with....

[@CodeineRadick]

6:58 the most brutal death scene ever on this show.

[@MrCatstache151]

It was honestly much worse than I expected

[@malodos2295]

Ehh I've seen him show worst

[@xexpaguette]

EXPLODING ELEPHANTTTTT

[@moredetonation3755]

The bird instantly vaporized by All The Nukes takes the cake personally

[@DevenAyambem]

@@xexpaguette yea that shit was nasty i was not ready

[@ClabberHead]

Maybe this is the "Great Filter"

[@TTARM]

It cant end the humanity it can only slow it down, so its not a great filter

[@isaweesaw]

@@TTARM But it would be a literal filter that stops space-faring civilisations from ever being able to establish contact with other planets. Seems plausible to me

[@kared791]

@@isaweesaw It would only slow down civilizations for decades/centuries. Decades and centuries in the grand scheme are so insignificant, and the Milky Way is enormous. So, there should be civilizations constantly escaping the trap, and establishing contact with other planets. I don’t think this is the “Great Filter”, more like a small roadblock.

[@zaintariq6938]

@@kared791 I think you forget how many problems we have with the Earth’s stability as well, going the way we are right now, we won’t last the next few decades/ centuries on this planet.

[@kared791]

@@zaintariq6938 True, but this filter is just one of many, I don’t think this is the true “Great Filter”

[@user-fb5kc1rk1e]

The Kessler syndrome is scary as Hell. Glorious job Kurzgesagt!. Humanity's endless ability to shoot itself in the foot..

[@aguynamedbprod]

I only just found your channel. And this is awesome, thank you. I really enjoy the animation too, well done and great work.

[@OfTheiAm]

I've got 99 Problems... _And didn't know this was one!_

[@SpookyEggs]

You now have 100 problems

[@OfTheiAm]

I hope all 164 of you are old enough to get that joke

[@dawncraft2989]

Haha 😆 I laughed out loud there, me either. I wish we had more positive news. Stay safe and God bless.....

[@delinep7286]

*subscribes* INFINITE PROBLEMS!

[@tasuu_]

@UNIA LTD KiD lmao just be quiet.

[@user-cl6oj2qd6n]

*Existential crisis playlist.*

[@prfm_setya95]

Yeah, that playlist still continue dude, continue ....

[@sai.gv1]

Kurzgesagt is so amazing at making these videos and I have been inspired to make my own animation videos and if you would like to see the first one, it will be in January because they take long to make. :)

[@user-bd2bk3kc7k]

*help*

[@thespacehobbyists3272]

@@sai.gv1 I support you m8, you videos are pretty good right now so I subbed. Make good videos like Kurzgesagt.

[@roadtoknow9226]

@@sai.gv1 I saw them too and they seem to be pretty good so I support you too. :)

[@shanthi-the-bard]

*Kurzgesagt:* "And there are lots of other wild, sci-fi proposals too..." *Me:* "Wow, as wild and sci-fi as nets and harpoons?"

[@Hollowdude15]

This was an incredible video to watch, even the animation looks amazing to me

[@bradleynoneofyourbizz5341]

"We better start doing something about it before it's too late!" I'm sorry, but have you met humans, at all? Even once? ETA 7 months later: I mean, just look at this thread for example....

[@invalidpersn4496]

We won’t even ride bikes to save the LITERAL PLANET

[@benghazi4216]

@@invalidpersn4496 And we have our brightest minds thinking about colonizing Mars and Venus... Talk about badly spent resources.

[@Qwwwis]

*And that's why I was wishing to be a cat or dog*

[@mubashir6729]

@@benghazi4216 well colonizing mars isnt necessarily a bad idea and a waste of resources but yeah i agree. weve already messed up this planet so much

[@pauliusnarkevicius9959]

Kickstarter for the Magneto into the Space to capture all the Debris.

[@algonz5652]

Basically: WALL-E was correct

[@jaiprakashsharma7702]

Why

[@bluesclues132]

Japanese anime called it first (Planetes)

[@gdvelasquez2570]

And the animé Planetes

[@eMpTy12189]

Yes

[@grandadmiralthrawn92]

Not just WALL-E, this was pretty much the central plot of Gravity (2013).

[@AzureMLE]

15 years ago this was the premise of the anime PlanetEs, which I loved a lot! Guess the manga artists were way ahead of their time, but very right.

[@mr.boomguy]

Every now and then, I stumble on a Kurzgesagt video I didn't even know existed. And I've been subscribed for around 5 years or more.

[@timbroski4487]

Me to Kurzgesagt: Can you stop giving me anxiety... ...for FIVE minutes

[@shmoopydoop]

i got that reference 😎

[@sakurafan771]

Shrek 2 lol

[@kinagrill]

Kurzgesagt: Now here is why the sun might kill us all within the next 100 years - Geomangnetic gammaray-neutronian 'something something'!

[@chetansingh3219]

Okay then 8 minutes

[@anntakamaki1960]

Hindu Rome!

[@BOTROK]

Humens: We yust created a prison for our selfes. Aliens: That planet has the highest security rating.

[@Yumemaru.]

Humens.

[@NomadUrpagi]

*Hymens

[@landocalrissian6778]

Had

[@ananimoselty2234]

>tfw you destroy all your satellites to create a barrier against aliens >tfw when the aliens decide to gamma laser your asses

[@glodenduck2077]

yo we have the same profile pic lmao

[@koopaking6148]

To me the laser and magnet options sounds like the best idea... Plus they seem like the only options in this video at least that allows for multiple objects to be taken care of... Although the other ideas seem like the best options for very large objects

[@sjstu]

What a cheery bunch you are at Kurzgesagt.

[@widowmaker777]

Kurzgesagt is one of those few entities that care more about educating the public than cash. They deserve our support in whatever way we can offer.

[@husskiii]

I dont know about that last part tho😂😂😂

[@lasersummit7895]

Then why do they make videos? They don't need fame obviously. Nobody knows the creator of the channel so he doesn't get recognized. They don't need money? Then why do they have a patreon? Then why are they monetized? Then why are they sponsored everytime? Then why do they do publicity to products? Open your eyes people, they don't do this for free. That would be completely USELESS.

[@ghjmar1]

@@lasersummit7895 it's their work. Nothing wrong about getting paid for good work.

[@lasersummit7895]

You're right, but the point of my comment was to make this guy know that they don't do it for free as he thought.@@ghjmar1

[@lasersummit7895]

@@ghjmar1 "That care more about educating the public than cash" I wanted to debate that part :)

[@shehzada420g]

This video in a nutshell: *If we dont do something about the **_stuff_** in space soon, we could have a boss level quarantine*

[@subhamsatyaprakash96]

Boss level quarantine.

[@subhamsatyaprakash96]

That's the phrase man

[@paranoid9678]

tell this elon......

[@crisrer4720]

This video in a nutshell: There goes HBO again - and again... and again. Aaaand now it's gone for a century...

[@TheBlueNoob101]

the universe was in mess but sometimes it will be becan to be clean........

[@lazycoffee2314]

Honestly, when I was hearing the net thing I was like “why not just use lasers to burn them?” AND THEN IT CAME

[@calebdykstra]

this channel completely changed me , thank you

[@IncognitaEX]

The animators really love purple.

[@math3000]

I smell Thanos

[@Adam-yu1dv]

I do too

[@LCSLick-yk3zv]

I love purple

[@MetalheadAndNerd]

Probably they are painting everything with UV paint and then film it in black light.

[@spira4147]

*I used the stone to make the animation*

[@pjani14]

Psychologist: So how do you feel about casual super violent deaths of birds in animated form? Kurzgesagt: Yes

[@umm_uh]

I know this is a joke, but people literally PAY to get their bird killed.

[@balajigore621]

But i feel so emotional when a kurzgesagt bird is killed.

[@butterskywalker8785]

The way that bird smiled after he blew up his brother's head is creepy

[@finnygnat]

One died from a lazef

[@Distantexplosion1076]

@@butterskywalker8785 how do you know it´s his brother?

[@ahmadpourkaveh1057]

Kurzgesagt : space travel is the most exciting and challenging adventure humanity has ever made The whole ecosystem and challenges under the oceans : are we jokes to you ?

[@chettonex]

This is the main plot of a very popular anime/manga named Planetes. The protaginists work in a space cleaning company that removes orbiting junk. In the show they explain the problem that orbiting trash can collide with other stuff at high speeds, creating more trash to be worried about.

[@Liamllr]

Me: “The animated birds are so cute.” Kurzgesagt: *kills 4 of them in each video*

[@shgds]

@@katelyncarson422 bruh it's just a meme. I hate how people get so worked up about the most trivial things lol.

[@TisTheFool]

@@katelyncarson422 stop using all caps for no reason.

[@MrKjottboller]

@@katelyncarson422 If that gets you offended then you're in the wrong place buddy. And stop YELLING for no reason.

[@okok-fs4qe]

I am the 666 like

[@Aboredbulborb]

When you accidentally create your own Dyson sphere: CONFUSED STONKS

[@a4dtesseract408]

an inactive dyson sphere

[@khulagukhan]

more like furry prison sphere

[@jorjicostava2913]

Ever stoped to think that the planets around earth were a dyson sphere that colapsed

[@user-mh2bw4hu3o]

Hmm, we have the same profile picture.

[@user-mh2bw4hu3o]

But my tesseract fits a bit better into the frame.

[@luizotavio2116]

I've figured out the solution for this problem: a giant piece of gum! We just need to develop a type of gum that stays malleable and sticky in the vacuum and radiation of space, launch it into orbit, let it be hit by debris (which will hopefully get stuck on the gum) and then fall back down to earth. Easy-peazy 😂

[@amcdo224]

Itll potentially stop us from getting out, but it'll also stop anything coming in. I say as far as intergalactic defence mechanisms go that's up there.

[@thejesuschrist]

The Kessler syndrome is scary as Hell. Glorious job Kurzgesagt!

[@Cat-ct9hn]

Jesus Christ Hey! You‘re here!

[@4lc441]

jesus plz

[@MrGong55]

Hi Jesus

[@pranxter07]

Bless us and get rid of the debris oh kind lord

[@MeteorCow]

@@MrGong55 You know what, us galaxies dont need these explorers anyway!

[@jacksond4164]

Alien: *travels 280,000,000,000,000,000,000 light years to invade us undetected space junk: *im gonna stop you right there*

[@ahuttee]

XDD

[@jim8113]

Ahuttee allow us to introduce ourselves

[@cottoncherry2177]

Did you copy someone ? Or get inspired ? Or didn't even saw the comment similar to yours ?

[@wic09]

@@cottoncherry2177 does it really matter?

[@SorenToKeiran-Murasaki]

If an alien species can travel between systems, then having to deal with some debrees orbiting around a planet would be as hard for them as it is for us to make a wooden chair. Not so much winning for us.

[@gamingmassiah8958]

7:36 sus calendar 🤨

[@Gree_Fi]

😂 Now I can't unsee it!

[@1fleshnhim]

what (Written by my son)

[@mrsusan9294]

I did not know I had to worry about this. Add this to my list of growing sense of impending doom 👌

[@lmost]

You _don’t_ have to worry about it. Sure it’d be sad, but worst case scenario, you’ll continue to live but with some inconveniences.

[@schtinky1151]

Wow, for being a vacuum, space is really dirty.

[@Some-ux6ig]

*seinfield theme*

[@noahhood3825]

I stg 😂

[@Nat-qu8vg]

💀💀💀💀

[@dog6034]

lol

[@thederpywarrior9501]

Yes

[@lucascsrs2581]

- Point of no return in global warming. - Point of no return in plastic particles on the ocean. - Now point of no return in space pollution. So instead of going Star Wars we are going full Mad Max.

[@BUSSTISEBOOST]

why not Unification Wars?

[@sergiontothetop]

Thevdirety shit war

[@Twiggy163]

They'll have to explain the point of no return in climate change though. Because history shows there never was one. Climate change will happen and has happened for as long as the Earth has had an atmosphere.

[@lordteapot9740]

turn off CNN moron, shit is fine.

[@lordteapot9740]

they cant, so they rely on buzzwords and the ignorant masses. @@Twiggy163

[@CinnaminiMax]

I have a crazy idea for one of these garbage collecting machines P.S if anyone who sees this works at NASA or SpaceX please consider this. My idea is that we build a large ship with a satellite dish shaped metal ship. While in orbit, this net could catch debris like a baseball glove catching a baseball. The only problem here is the debris would rip through the giant net.

[@CinnaminiMax]

Seriously though think about it

[@Tee-Dot-Tv]

😃 thank you, I was thinking of this recently as well, I know what I must do.

[@rapidkai51423]

Kursgesagt: So far we've tracked 100,000,000 confirmed objects in space that are so small they can't be tracked Me: Wait one damn minute

[@NotoLumen]

I KNOW RIGHT?!?!

[@derino2151]

at 2:15, the little graphic on the top left changes from "detected" to "estimated". but, with the animation of all those dots orbiting Earth, this is admittedly hard to notice.

[@lurgee1706]

They know the approximate numbers because they know how many of those objects are usually produced with each launch. If you throw stones into water you don't have to dive there just to count them.

[@SundanceMLD]

HE LIED

[@macbrewster9977]

Finding something and then continuing to actively track it are two separate things.

[@Versaucey]

So now it's a bullet hell game but space level.

[@ItzJuanG]

*Touhou noises Intensifies*

[@Robstafarian]

At least, it is not a water level in a Mega Man game.

[@avonire]

Versaucey It's you again wtf

[@lyrimetacurl0]

We'll still have space missions in the meantime but they'll be clean up operations and be like that (bullet hell).

[@TheSoundOfAStar]

Oh ok then

[@MaxUgly]

What about launching large blobs of some type of "play dough" or whatever size/density/other properties "soft/gooey" material to just "soak up" the smallest pieces. I am not smart enough to know how this mission could be carried out, but it would be much easier to track, especially if it had some special reflective properties or even some type of transmitter fitted. I went to St. Augustine, Florida and there is a giant fort hundreds of years old right on the coast. It still stands, seemingly basically unscathed. The stone available to build the fort had the perfect properties to just absorb any cannonballs/artillery fired at it. Such a cool tech, I am not even sure if the engineers knew how great their material was, or it was just all they had to work with....

[@WiseArkAngel]

Leave it to Kurzgesagt to accidentally make me afraid of being alive when Earth plunges into another technological dark age.

[@ChrisMillerLite]

Aliens travel light years to attack us, arrive in our solar system, are destroyed by tiny nuts and bolts in our low earth orbit not visible to their radars...winning

[@melonite6668]

lllooiolololol get dunk aloens

[@goonhead3791]

Unless they can blow us up from a distance

[@BatMandor]

Silly but funny.

[@Glgn272]

i was the only survivor . :(

[@FriedEggSarnie]

They'll use their lasers to heat up the tiny nuts and bolts, cooking us all inside :'(

[@olivermj69]

Basically the plot of Gravity

[@dakotaneumann1259]

It’s exactly the plot of gravity

[@SgtBagel32]

*Sandra Bullock grunting and yelling*

[@LulzTVx]

1:26 is a refference to gravity.

[@nikkisamuasa]

and Planetes.

[@andydai6175]

Do you believe in gravity

[@philip1557]

I'll get right on fixing the problem thanks for being it to my attention.

[@user-pe3zu2tf3w]

Сила не в тюрьмах, кандалах, виселицах, пушках, порохе, а в сознании людей, запирающих в тюрьмы, вешающих, стоящих над пушками.

[@misterbaiter5753]

Where is wall-E when we need him

[@jajaL926]

Evaaaaa

[@AmourEtRespect]

Remember that time when he tried propelling himself with a fire extinguisher ? Well he's space junk too now.

[@shellycarter5595]

Wall-E predicted everything

[@tiengmyketnoi9268]

He can’t do that

[@yusufsheikh5380]

The hero we need, but don't deserve.

[@mizukauwu6194]

This could be the Great Filter...

[@brendanr1854]

I've seen that video too

[@brendanr1854]

hopefully not....

[@unfortunateman533]

Maybe it is maybe it is not

[@BaconKFilms]

I A watch the video kurz made about it. It’s pretty much a video hypothesizing why there’s no other intelligent races, because there is usually a stage of intelligent life where we wipe ourselves out, aka a filter

[@idontcare6736]

The Great Filter is a lot bigger than this It’s not about temporary setbacks, which a debris field ultimately is- it’s about the complete destruction of life on other planets A debris field doesn’t explain the lack of radio signals or noticeable superstructures in the universe

[@Aostrele]

Finally a kurzgesagt video that I can actually experience in my lifetime

[@astrumaureus7808]

2:45 GORE AND BLOOD PHYSICS HAS ACTIVE

[@ProactiveThinker]

Time to forget about this channel for a month.

[@user-hz4hp5zq8j]

It's normal. Did u see the quality of the video ?

[@Antonio.SUS12]

Quality > Quantity

[@ProactiveThinker]

@@user-hz4hp5zq8j Of course, it takes a lot of time to create such animations. I mean, I make animated videos as well so I can imagine the hustle behind each video they produce.

[@dogman8128]

Hey they're other language vids are new and are being given to us after in English just watch there other language channel with English subtitles and you won't forget

[@gianchand428]

Why forget about it instead of it kepp apreciating this channel so that it always make amazing stuff like this and you also know how great this channel is

[@dec13666]

"That's one small step for a man... And a giant junk yard for mankind" -Armstrong 2020.

[@delsinyman3300]

"NANOMACHINES SON" Armstrong-metal gear revengeance

[@rukminidevulapally8067]

What an underrated comment!!

[@medexamtoolsdotcom]

Armstrong died in 2012. You could still get Buzz Aldrin to say it though.

[@iwastheonewhocrashedyourwi9500]

Armstrong said this in 2020 ? *iNtEReStiNg*

[@avinashreji60]

@@sohanaitharaju4730 oh my god dude its a joke based on the video, can you not understand this sht

[@domcsi418]

Thank you Kurzgesagt! 🌍 Any update on space junk? Is there any company which started the cleaning process?

[@akshaymathapati483]

It took 5 years and over 5000 prototypes to make a vacuum cleaner, 10 more years to increase efficiency. Lord knows how much this one will take 🙏 😵‍💫🥲

[@AZGamezYT]

When I saw the brilliant ad when the sponsor was starting my mind popped.

[@TheLifeFormulaa]

Love the animations. They are so clean

[@doublethreat5827]

Dead birds, dead birds everywhere

[@Edzi07]

Unlike our atmosphere.

[@Pedro-tl7jg]

you clearly didnt watch the vid then. At least one was decapitated.

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

Very clean, unlike... I got nothing

[@michaeltnk1135]

Pedro Sequeira You clearly don’t know what clean animation is then. Clean animation is just animation that looks super smooth

[@evaristegalois6282]

4:13 rather than worrying about space debris destroying our expensive equipment, don't you think we first have to find a way to deal with these *shotgun wielding alien space bird things?* They seem like they're the bigger threat here ...

[@eyeballpapercut4400]

*flashbacks of DooM*

[@dr_ehrenlos9394]

5:28 He really called Saul

[@Luna_B_8]

Good thing is at least one of our satellites will be there forever (well, it's getting away from us but at such a slow pace it's fair to say forever), the Moon

[@genghiskhan5701]

Alien 1: Sir we have arrived in Planet Earth and have prepared to enter Low Orbit Alien 2: Good, ready the troops and wait what is that... *Alien Armada gets destroyed by hails of space junks.

[@zep-chan4583]

Humans:Just as we planned.... (Demonic laught)

[@addust]

Alien 1: WE'RE GOING DOWN WE'RE GOING DOWN!!!! Alien 2: GET TO THE PO- *hit by debris* Alien 1: Oh no... *hit by debris*

[@loremipsum980]

If aliens can't go in, we humans can't go out either. So neither side is at an advantage here :v

[@werewolf4358]

@@cristimolceanu jokes on you. This is building a wall around the planet to keep illegal aliens out, and if we destroy their ships to add to it, then they will have helped pay for it. 👍

[@mikewong2440]

>tfw human spaceships are armored like tanks and can survive anything under capital ship guns due to necessity >tfw human armor plating is so fucking ridiculous that they toss it on everything

[@blitzwolfer4154]

Give a like for every bird that died in Kurzgesagt's videos...

[@hellishgaming8093]

WOW

[@goofysupporter6682]

Give a like for all the birds that died behind the scenes

[@goofysupporter6682]

Sorry the**

[@paulgleason1]

What but I don't

[@dominikwaltl8827]

The Bird is the Word

[@dontmindmyname1234]

5:29 blud called saul

[@backpackingcarlie1487]

This is putting the "space junk in orbit" scene from WallE into serious perspective...

[@CallMeAshen]

3:45. This was extremely well done. Whoever animated this I thank you for pleasing my eyes so much.

[@yamaking2975]

I wonder who...

[@haroerhaktak2613]

@@yamaking2975 is there a doctor who reference I am missing here?

[@yamaking2975]

@@haroerhaktak2613 no

[@nomasan]

I want to like, but we gotta keep it on 169

[@Some-ux6ig]

Never related to a comment more

[@LucasMBoysOurRoy]

*No animated birds were harmed in the making of this video...I think...*

[@ZalyQQ]

rip laser bird

[@gregclifton388]

Heyy you‘re the guy that shouted out Alpharad under the Nintendo Minute video for a million subs 👏🏼👏🏼

[@gregclifton388]

Wait I just read your channel description what are the odds

[@pixelbit0897]

Lucas M 2:38

[@AzureRath97]

6:50

[@MrShitthead]

Funny enough there's a few stations already that shoot down debris with lasers from Earth's surface. The first was made by an Australian company, Electro Optic Systems, and they shoot down hundreds of pieces a year. Only problem is they can really only shoot down bean sized objects, and for very every piece they shoot down hundreds more replace them so they're not even making a dent... but hey they're trying!

[@Grandflea02]

This needs to be put into the existential crisis playlist.

[@Topjetsvideos]

WHY WASN’T KURZGESAGT IN KZbin REWIND??

[@gingerayyle]

Cause KZbin rewind is made of low quality content and Kurzgesagt is like the nectar of the gods in comparison

[@henryettoit897]

they rather have a bunch of liberal media shills

[@Alirezarz62]

cuz it was a fortnite shit

[@N3therWolf]

@@henryettoit897 aaaaaaaand someone's gotta bring up politics again😧

[@henryettoit897]

@@N3therWolf someone? KZbin literally included lefty talk show hosts like Trevor Noah and John Oliver in their youtube rewind. These people arent even youtubers. They are media shills.

[@StephenHenryIV]

Kurzgesagt, casually discussing topics that are the essence of nightmares, existential crisises, and horror induced panic attacks.

[@maxhacks2942]

at least he warns us why we shouldn't do some things to get dangerous diseases & infections he also has fun facts and other useful information

[@StephenHenryIV]

@@maxhacks2942 I know, I love these videos. I'm not complaining about it, just pointing out the mature philosophical content.

[@Th3Nigma]

The only thing more chaotic than a giant forest fire is failing to effectively respond to it in a calm, collected fashion.

[@reginaldrasyid2456]

Well.. the more you know

[@StephenHenryIV]

@Proger13 10 I don't think any of us in this post were complaing, but I like your enthusiasm.

[@chemmandan9231]

The elctromagnet option seems like it would work better to instead magnetically attract debris to it. Then it can just stay up there for a large period of time until it has attracted so much debris and grown large enough to capture via the other methods.

[@Roodneyfb]

Why does Kurzgesagt like dinosaurs so much? They're everywhere in every episode!

[@yourdarknessawaits3895]

2:36 Noone gonna talk about how he just decapitated the other's head and laughed with it

[@Star_faring]

Oh, that poor bird. And any kids watching that, also.

[@civedm]

Just realized that now. Was to focused on the hole.

[@andrearntzen7977]

And now i watching it again while i read the comments🤣

[@arundas8870]

Classic kurzgat

[@prolymoly7137]

No.

[@brandonzhang4831]

And people wonder by aliens don’t visit us. Hell they’ll die

[@rubberwoody]

yet before 1950 there was nothing up there

[@katsura2605]

@@rubberwoody so we can do this much damage in only 70 years..pretty impressive

[@brandonzhang4831]

@@leonardblazevic3118 I mean you're not wrong, I'm on my last 2 brain cells

[@arghya4NE]

@@leonardblazevic3118maybe you are an idiot but don't judge the human race just by referencing the American population

[@captice7576]

@@arghya4NE yea ikr

[@StrazdasLT]

The issue with lasers is that lasers require a lot of energy. And if we use a lot of energy we are generating a lot of heat. And getting rid of heat in space is really hard.

[@idk-zi3gw]

Isn't space cold

[@StrazdasLT]

@@idk-zi3gw Well, it depends. In direct sunlight with no atmosphere to protect you it can be very hot. but thats not the issue. The way things cool down is by transfering heat to air around them. If there is no air (in space) there is no way to transfer heat away. Space isnt entirely empty, so some heat can still be transfered away, but its a lot harder to do.

[@idk-zi3gw]

Or maybe it's something else

[@tiny7118]

A giant super magnet could be sent to a very specific altitude to literally just gather that kinda stuff til it gets heavy enough to fall to the earth?

[@cynicalnerd2529]

2:40 The way the bird laughs after killing another bird

[@revolver265]

5:28 or attempting to call Saul.

[@kylestanley7843]

The janitor was _so_ pissed

[@fodk7021]

He is like a human

[@deusexaethera]

6:58 -- The laser beam causing the birdie's head to explode inside its helmet was unexpectedly horrifying.

[@cgKyle]

2:35 - Generally a bad episode for the birds.

[@JohnSmith-lf5xm]

typical millennial thinking that being gore is funny.

[@gachapluto696]

I once again pity the janitor bird

[@aldebaranaldana6105]

I know, right?

[@ap1734]

Aren't all episodes a bad day for the birds?

[@JumpmanDa23rd]

People always talk about space in the sense of moving in 3d space. But nobody ever talks about how space moves in and out. I think it is interesting how realtively space moves inward just as far if not further than moves it moves outward.

[@skyrotechnics3245]

note: even though there is a lot of junk, it is still not very likely that something like the one in the film Gravity will happen, space is very big, but that doesn't mean we should just leave the junk be

[@andijsunadim2245]

6:58 that bird... 😨

[@hipreplacer7]

Ik these videos get quite brutal

[@Wadura]

2:36 RIP

[@kevinamadi]

@@hipreplacer7 Yeah but there's usually context to the more disturbing imagery on this channel. That didn't seem to have any...

[@189Blake]

They were being merciful because if not he was going to be stranded at space.

[@pancakepower321]

i really think they wanna give us nightmares. please degrade their quality in videos.

[@silvussol8966]

This makes you think about all those great big space battles in sci fi a little differently. Just imagine the mess caused by the destruction of several hundred huge ships with radioactive components in their power cores. The debris cloud might do as much damage as the battle itself.

[@squallstopher608]

I remember watching a video years ago about the horrible deaths the Ewoks would've faced as all manner of burning debris came crashing down onto Endor from what use to be a Deathstar

[@Sanquinity]

There's also the issue of weapon fire. Energy weapons might dissipate enough to not to damage to planets, but if space ships use large enough material projectiles, and when shooting happen to be pointing in the general direction of the planet, that could potentially result in "Rod of God" type scenarios as just collateral damage.

[@carstan1173]

@@Sanquinity as stated in Mass Effect 2, a projectile weapon "will ruin someone's day, some time, somewhere."

[@TheTriforceDragon]

@@carstan1173 Which they then promptly forgot in Mass Effect 3 where the largest fleet ever fires on the Reapers with Earth firmly behind the Reapers and in the line of fire...or to put it mildly, thousands of "Rod of God" scenarios. Now given the desperation of the battle, the fleet doesn't have much of a choice, but the probably world ending devastation is not acknowledged in even the slightest way.

[@mattomjohn4314]

Once critical mass is reached, no matter what you sent up to clean up the garbage, it would immediately be destroyed and be added to the “prison cloud.”

[@stresst83]

Robin is working on the links to the end users specific requirements and will have to wait until recycling is done

[@JustinY.]

We will build a space wall and make the aliens pay for it!

[@dakotaneumann1259]

EARTH FIRST

[@shahinhossain9041]

A small loan of a million star bucks

[@Reixa]

He back!!!!

[@seandafny]

Mr. Anderson

[@rajeshdas6539]

Y Justin Y??!!!

[@plucas1]

AKA The Kessler Syndrome, first proposed by the NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler all the way back in 1978.

[@xmichaud]

Yeah, they forgot to give us the name .... that way people can continue the learning on their own.

[@grizzlysextractz5598]

Love your channel man love to smoke some weed right after work and watch this cuz it’s so dam entertaining 🤙🏽🤙🏽keep up the great work 👏🏽👏🏽