NASA warns in a new study that our “system is moving toward an impending collapse.” NASA blames the coming catastrophe on “the stretching of resources due to the strain placed on the ecological carrying capacity” and “the economic stratification of society into elites and masses (or ‘commoners’).” Just in case you were wondering, yes, this is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. But all is not lost, says NASA: “Collapse can be avoided, and population can reach a steady state at the maximum carrying capacity, if the rate of depletion of nature is reduced to a sustainable level, and if resources are distributed equitably.” The last space shuttle was retired in 2011, and the guys at NASA must have a lot of time on their hands.