I\\'m 50. A Computer Technician with an A+ Certification.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
There are too many stars with planets out there...some have to have life on them. As to transmitting a beacon, why not...at least until we are better able to explore space ourselves.
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.