My name is Jim. I am 61 and retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1981. I currently reside in Texas.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I think the possiblities are very good that there is extraterrestrial life out there somewhere. How we discover it is a good subject for speculation, however, it seems that some kind of radio signal would be a good choice. It is extremely frustrating that there are such great distances involved. The Seti@home project is a dream come true for me. I have been wanting to get involved in a project like this for 50 years. I commend the guys at Berkeley and certainly hope they come up with a new project for us laymen once the Seti@home project ends.
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.