Sunday, December 4, 2011

The Drake Equation

This week, I stumbled upon something that really caught my eye. The Drake Equation. Before this week, I had never heard of this incredible equation, and didn't even know what this equation did was possible. The Drake Equation is the formla for estimating the number of intelligent alien civilizations in the galaxy. When Frank Drake first realized the need for a formula like this, aliens and the want/need to discover aliens in the universe was still considered "fringe" science. However, in the 50 years since that equation has written, several changes have come upon it. First, the terms in the equation have evolved slightly in their meaning as well as the fact that several of the terms still are undefined. Hopefully soon, when we do figure out values for the terms, we will be able to find and locate some other species out there, just waiting for us.

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