I'm a 37 year old father of two. I'm a software developer by trade, but I kind of always wanted to be an astronaut. I beleive that space-walking would be the best possible experience.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I would certainly love to believe that extraterrerstrial life exists. I kind of doubt that it will be discovered in my lifetime, but I'm participating in this program in the hope that I'm wrong. I can't think of anything cooler.
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.