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"...all these worlds..." is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, decent science fiction, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool. (Formerly "You Must Fight The Bear")
Name: David Hitt About Me: Inspiring the next generation of explorers... See my complete profile
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:: Thursday, April 24, 2003 ::
First Contact Alright, it's been a real point of pride that thus far, I have not used a particular word in this blog, or even acknowledged its existance. It's been all over the news, and has dominated the science section of Yahoo, where I occassionally get links, but I've intentionally and adamantely refused to jump on the bandwagon. I hate pop news, and I hate empty news scares. But, I just came across a story that was just too interesting to pass up. But before we start, let's just get it out of our system, shall we? SARS SARS SARS SARS SARS SARS SARS SARS SARS SARS OK, we can move on now. Alan Boyle's Cosmic Log had a story today about a theory that has been proposed that SARS is actually from outer space. The idea of microbial life coming to Earth from space is not new, but is still not taken all that seriously. Still, it's an interesting idea, and has other historical incidents which follow the pattern. And, of course, if it were proven to be true, then that would certainly answer the question of whether life exists "out there"--without leaving "down here"--which could easily provide a nice boost for NASA.
