As I write this I have been crunching SETI data since 1999.
When I was I child I saw Saturn through an uncle's telescope.
I was hooked.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
A binnocular view of the local galactic arm should dispell any ideas that we are alone...the richness of the star fields is simply staggering. If you are fortunate to live under a dark sky, take out your lawn chair some night and scan along the Milke Way. Phwew. There has to be life out there.
But is there intelligent life out there now? That is a bit harder to say. A star-faring civilization should have been here by now... Perhaps civilizations come and go like flash bulbs popping off against the starry back ground of the galaxy and it is only luck that two flashes flare simultaneously.
Why do I run SETI@home?...it is a damn nice screen saver that generates alot of discussion. Of course, I want to put my money where my mouth is and the project is such a neat idea.
Please keep it up. I wonder how many people would pay to subscribe?
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.
