[RealJustme]

Why in the world divert it's muslim outreach money to this?

A NASA funded study found that few think Western civilization is on the brink of collapse—but it's also doubtful the Romans and Mesopotamians saw their own demise coming either.

If we're to avoid their fate, we'll need policies to reduce economic inequality and preserve natural resources, according to NASA that looked at the collapses of previous societies.

"Two important features seem to appear across societies that have collapsed," reads the study. "The stretching of resources due to the strain placed on the ecological carrying capacity and the economic stratification of society into Elites and Masses."

In unequal societies, researchers said, "collapse is difficult to avoid.... Elites grow and consume too much, resulting in a famine among Commoners that eventually causes the collapse of society."

As limited resources plague the working class, the wealthy, insulated from the problem, "continue consuming unequally" and exacerbate the issue, the study said.

[sillydaddy]

Is the study recommending we become communists ?

[RealJustme]

NASA administrator Charles Bolden said that Obama told him that his highest priority should be "to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations". So why is NASA now getting into wealth redistribution? Next thing you know they'll be involving themselves in man made global warming...oops my bad they did that two years ago.

[johnforbes]

As soon as Michelle and her kids return from their China trip, at enormous public expense, they will study this.