I am from the Midwest part of the United States and I am not able to see the stars as often as I would like. Being 30 seems like a good time to start looking into space in a different way.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I am glad that SETI@home exists just because if we are the only "ones" here that would make me sad.
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