It would be arrogant of us to think we are alone and we should be doing all we can to seek out other lifeforms in the universe.
I run SETI to do my part in this vast and seemingly endless task.
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.