The total funding of SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) in the U.S. is 0.0003 percent of the tax monies spent on health and human services. And it's not even tax money. The SETI Institute's hunt for signals is funded by donations.
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Seth Shostak was a contemporary American astronomer and author. Seth Shostak is an American astronomer and author, and is currently the senior astronomer for the SETI Institute. Read more on Wikipedia →