I am a photographer in Chandler Arizona. For about 10 years I was an electronics technician. I am 45 years old.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I have no idea whether there is other life out there...and I wonder sometimes if there is intelligent on this planet :>). But I do know it is worthwhile to look for life in the universe.
It is too late to be worrying about sending out beacons...we have been sending them out for over a hundred years already.
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.