There has always been and will always be hunger etc.
The X prize drew a lot of private investment in to the space industry so why not the search for ET.
Personally I dont trust that NASA would reveal the truth of any findings.
A private mission probe to Mars or Europa with $100 million prize is far more likely to get to the truth.
When I say alien life - I mean bacteria and up, not little green men running around anal probing earthlings
