Support LaserSETI

LaserSETI is entirely privately funded and simply wouldn’t be possible without the support of individuals who believe it’s important that this science be done and done right. Knowing this, a fundamental principle of LaserSETI’s design and operations is to treat cost as primary metric, because doing so increasing our chances of reaching our goal of scanning the skies All the Sky, All the Time. Our goal is to get the science done, not leave a beautiful but expensive design on the drawing board.

As a single but illustrative example, each LaserSETI instrument has 28 3D-printed components that take a total of about 27 days to print, if (only) it could print continuously. It would be much easier to outsource this work, including part cleaning, printer supplies, maintenance, and repair, but it saves thousands of dollars per instrument to do this work ourselves.