I'm an attorney based out of St. Louis, MO and a bit of a space/science g33k.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I feel that given the vastness of the cosmos, it is highly improbable that we are alone. Crunching for SETI, though it is an extreme long shot, just might help us prove my hypothesis.
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.