I'm a 26 year old educator, who is interested in various subjects. I discovered SETI in the film Contact. Perhaps it is a supersciencefiction movie, but when i discovered Seti really existed, I couldn't wait to participate.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I find SETI a great project because now you don't have to have a scientific education to participate in the search of extra-terrestrial lifeforms.
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.