NASA had a quick but pointed response today to the “Sustainability Study” that’s making the rounds on the internet.<\/p>\n
Apparently some university poozers slid a report under the door of NASA’s main office that says the world is gonna end and we’re all gonna die if we use plastic bags, keep the lights on when we’re not in the room, and all kinds of evil-bastard stuff like that.<\/p>\n
NASA came down on Professor Chicken Little and his band of merry mother cluckers by saying “we didn’t touch that report, didn’t ask for that report, and we don’t even know who the University of Maryland’s mascot is. So nyaaa.”<\/p>\n
Ok, maybe not literally, but I still don’t think it’s wise to tick off scientists who make giant explodey cylinders for a living.<\/p>\n
Full press release follows…<\/p>\n
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NASA Statement on Sustainability Study<\/p>\n
The following is a statement from NASA regarding erroneous media reports crediting the agency with an academic paper on population and societal impacts.<\/p>\n
“A soon-to-be published research paper ‘Human and Nature Dynamics (HANDY): Modeling Inequality and Use of Resources in the Collapse or Sustainability of Societies’ by University of Maryland researchers Safa Motesharrei and Eugenia Kalnay, and University of Minnesota\u2019s Jorge Rivas was not solicited, directed or reviewed by NASA. It is an independent study by the university researchers utilizing research tools developed for a separate NASA activity.<\/p>\n
“As is the case with all independent research, the views and conclusions in the paper are those of the authors alone. NASA does not endorse the paper or its conclusions.”<\/p>\n
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Allard Beutel
\nHeadquarters, Washington
\n202-358-1600
\nallard.beutel@nasa.gov<\/p>\n
Ed Campion
\nGoddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
\n301-286-0697
\nedward.s.campion@nasa.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NASA had a quick but pointed response today to the “Sustainability Study” that’s making the rounds on the internet. Apparently some university poozers slid a report under the door of NASA’s main office that says the world is gonna end … Continue reading