Long time Seti@home user. Was in the Navy for 20 years.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
Originally I got excited about seti after the movie "Contact" came out. That was my first real exposure to the project. I have run it since 1999 and it excites me to think that something that I contribute to the project could have a lasting effect on future generations.
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.