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SETI The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

journey

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Always Exploring...Learning... Teaching...

Just a little bit about me -I am

Ok – that's more than enough!

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Dr. Frank Drake 1930-Green Bank West Virginia, USA

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Officially “born” in 1960

Originally Drake and a scientifc cohort of 11

Capitalized on new and emerging technologies

Rallying point was optimism of space age and...

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The Drake Equation:

The Drake Equation gives the number of intelligent civilizations able to communicate within our own galaxy.

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The Drake equation states that:

where:

N = the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible; and-

R* = the average rate of star formation per year in our galaxy

fp = the fraction of those stars that have planets

ne = the average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planets

fℓ = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop life at some point

fi = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop intelligent life

fc = the fraction of civilizations that develop a technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space

L = the length of time such civilizations release detectable signals into space.

interactive...

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Why the Search?

Because we can!

Ontology: from Homo Sapiens to Homo Celesti

Evolutionary mandate

Good Science

Speciesism Paradigm Shifting

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NOW! The best of all possible worlds in all wavelengths!

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The Dark Side....

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The Lighter Side....

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& The Earnest Side...

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The Far Side....

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Future trends, developments: Extending reach due to technology

Continuing discovery of other worlds

The Time/Space advantage:

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How can you aid the Search?:

Contribute CPU processing time via SETI @ Home and BOINC

Build or buy a telescope and use it!

Keep looking up!

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