I may be wrong(shocker), but I thought congress cut the funding off for SETI back in the 80s? Isnt it now being funded privately ?
IF they do decide to shut down all together however that would make my little "Planetary Society --Certificate of Appreciation" a collectors item ? lol
maybe they will be announcing a shift ffrom looking for radio frequency transmissions to light based transmissions.. like laaaazer beaammmms!!!! seriously tho we utilize fibre optics why the heck would ET be using something so archaic as over the air radio transmision?
(we probably got an email from Alpha Centauri that said "if we get one more frieakin AOL CD in the mail we will vaporize all of you noobs!"))