NASA... might have found flowing water on Mars.

[Cerim Treascair]

This could be huge, guys.  Here's the link:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57618663-1/nasa-photos-show-possible-flowing-water-on-mars/

[Ghoti]

Whovians, unite and freak out!

Seriously though, that's pretty frickin' awesome. I'm not a fan of how up-in-the-air the presence/absence of water is, but I'm excited to find learn more.

[Ultimate Paragon]

Wow...

[R. U. Sirius]

And the possibility of there being life on Mars just went up another notch.

[Star Cluster]

If confirmed, this potential find would be incredible.  With all the recent discoveries on Mars, I can't wait until they confirm they have found life, or at least, former life, there. I want to know there is or has been life somewhere other than on this rock.  The implications would be staggering.

[Indikins]

Holy mother of god. I hope more than anything that there is or has been life on Mars, because holy shit, why wouldn't you? The entire scientist/geek population of the Earth will have some kind of nerd critical mass aneurysm if it turns out that there has been life on Mars. Never mind flowing water.

Though I would be interested to see how various faiths/religions and their leaders would react to the revelation that life can exist somewhere other than Earth.

[Ghoti]

I would be interested to see how various faiths/religions and their leaders would react to the revelation that life can exist somewhere other than Earth.

Stage 1: LALALALALA WE CANT HEAR YOU LIENTISTS LALALALALA
Stage 2: Nuh-uh! Nuh-uh! You're wrong, PH.Ds, my pastor said you're wrong!
Stage 3: *schism*
Stage 4: Well duh, there's water/life/whatever on Mars! God even talks about it in blahblahfucketyblah...

[Ultimate Paragon]

I would be interested to see how various faiths/religions and their leaders would react to the revelation that life can exist somewhere other than Earth.

Stage 1: LALALALALA WE CANT HEAR YOU LIENTISTS LALALALALA
Stage 2: Nuh-uh! Nuh-uh! You're wrong, PH.Ds, my pastor said you're wrong!
Stage 3: *schism*
Stage 4: Well duh, there's water/life/whatever on Mars! God even talks about it in blahblahfucketyblah...

That might be true for some religions, but for others, it wouldn't be as big a deal.  For instance, the Catholic Church is open to the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

[chad sexington]

Some religious groups have discussed the possibility, and come to the conclusion that their first priority should be to send missionaries 

[lord gibbon]

I'm reminded of the scene in Religulous where Bill Maher interviewed the head of the Vatican astronomy lab, who joked that his job was not to "Find the aliens before the Mormons get to them".

[Indikins]

Some religious groups have discussed the possibility, and come to the conclusion that their first priority should be to send missionaries 

send missionaries

I don't know if there are words to describe how quickly and in how many ways that could go wrong.

[Damen]

Some religious groups have discussed the possibility, and come to the conclusion that their first priority should be to send missionaries 

Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought of this.

[Dakota Bob]

Oh damn, if it's confirmed that's cool as fuck.