I'm Michael from New Zealand ... I grew up watching the original, and then the re-runs, of Star Trek ... I've been drawn to all things 'space' since my early years ... I started running SETI on Christmas Day in 2000, & have, over the intervening years, been an ardent follower & contributor.
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.