1. What i don't know is if i'm gonna be still around when we finally make contact , at least lets hope it will happen soon enough...
2. The idea of sharing your resources for the comunity is something bigger even for SETI. Just enjoy giving if you can afford to and don't expect "your name on the newspaper" kind of thing...
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