While researchers are continuing to work on ways of combating
the virus, the quest remains difficult due to the anonymity
of the virus' origin. One researcher, however, might have the
answer.

Chandra Wickramasinghe and colleagues at Cardiff University in
the U.K. believe that the virus may have arrived on our planet
from outer space. Noting that tons of bacteria are deposited
on Earth every day, they feel it is plausible for pathogenic
bacteria and viruses to have cosmic origins. In support of the
theory, Wickramasinghe notes the virus is "unexpectedly novel,
and appeared without warning in mainland China."

To expand on the idea, he says it's logical that a small amount
was introduced in the stratosphere near the Himalayas, where
the air is thinnest. It then, depending on stratospheric trans-
port and mixing, could continue to spread seasonally over a
few years. According to his accounts, the current wide range
of the disease is only the beginning.

Taking in all the information that Wickramasinghe and his
colleagues have put together, do you think it's possible that
SARS could have arrived here from outer space? Or does this
sound like something you might read in the National Enquirer?

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