SETI Running Out of Money 312
New submitter opusman writes "According to an Australian space analyst, SETI is running out of money. Despite needing only $2 million a year, a relatively small amount in space industry terms, they are facing a financial crisis. From the article: 'Getting on board a spacecraft is tricky. There are few places for professional astronauts. Even when Richard Branson and a group of other visionaries makes space tourism more affordable, it will still cost huge sums to fly. But getting a foothold in the greatest quest of all can be done for just a few tens of donated dollars. Which is why it beggars belief that the SETI quest is on its knees.'"
Well, if they DO find intelligent life . . . (Score:4, Funny)
. . . the intelligent life will probably NOT want anything to do with us anyway.
They'll just avoid us, like tourists not stopping in a bad neighborhood.
Re:I Want to Believe. (not) (Score:2, Funny)
Continuing to fund a search for extraterrestrial intelligence?
It calls into question the claims that terrestrial intelligence does exist, itself.
Re:That's sad. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I Want to Believe. (not) (Score:5, Funny)
human anatomy and reproduction.
So our first message to the rest of the universe is porn. Gotcha.