I have been a sci-fi person from the time I got my first thought.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
Anyone would be foolish to believe that we are the only life forms in the universe. Some would be no doubt superior as well as some lower in intelligence than us. When dicovery of other life forms happens(and will someday), that will be the day we will find out if it was all worth it as I believe it is.
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.