I have always been a space enthusiast. While in the service I graduated from the US Army's Space Systems Operations Officers Course as well as the USAF Space Security Systems programs. I can't think of any domain as important to space right now - think GPS, Internet, Global Communications, Weather and Remote Sensing. And ET HAS TO BE OUT THER!
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.