I am retired on an invalid pension and spend my spare time studding Astronomy online at Swinburne University http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/sao/ . Before retiring, I worked as a computer professional. My last project involved designing the hybrid power system and writing the automation software (PLC and SCADA) for a solar and wind powered ferry http://www.solarsailor.com/ .
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is important. Once found the world will realise that we are not alone and not the centre of the Universe and maybe there will be peace and cooperation between nations.
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.
