I'm an almost 30 year old pc/music/ufo nerd, who thought this was a great idea! Maybe I'll be the one (however small the chance is) that discovers our galaxy neughbours :) Hope to see the SETI telescope some day, but unfortunertly there's a long (and expensive) way over there from Denmark.
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