I have always enjoyed sciencefiction but that word is pretty well obsolete when you consider how far the world has come from a technological point of view. My interest in the universe has always been there but I would have to say that Carl Sagan was the wake up call for me to look at the skys with such love and respect. You could easily see how excited and in love he was with our universe. And he made it so easy for us the viewers to see how important the universe is to every human being. Recalling my teenage years I remember the Carl Sagan series "COSMOS". I did'nt watch the entire series on PBS when it first came out but years later i did. The way Carl Sagan spoke about the universe really made me awe struck and made me more aware of our place here and how small we really are.
Ontario Canada
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
YES!! of course there is life out there! How could we as human beings possibly answer that question any other way. This universe (we have not even touched the fridged waters surrounding the edges of the iceburg yet!) is so vast that it is rediculous to even assume that we are alone in a bubble. I hope my children or there children will be able to experience the excitment of witnessing a signal from another civilization. Yes, I know were talking light years here but to me anything is possible...it is called optimism! And when those signals arrive, what a moment in the universe that will be!!
I think because of the distances at hand we will never have physical contact with other life forms unless the worm hole theory is true!
I am happy and excited to put in my two cents so to speak and contribute my computer time to this worthwhile program. Happy to be here. Goodluck to the SETI Institute and to all the other Seti@Home users!
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.
