I wanted to run SETI@home because I believe that there are intelligent races out there. With all these home computers connected as one giant array, the chances of locating an interesting signal are increased. However, I believe alien life has already visited Earth and continues to on a daily basis. We have made contact. They are here. Has SETI ever considered connecting five large dishes, like the pictogram discovered in the famous crop circle?
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.