In June 2012 , SETI Institute Board Member Andrew Fraknoi sit down with astrophysicist Frank Drake , sire of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence , for a rattling 45 - minute audience about Drake ’s current task at SETI and the history of his enquiry – including the employment that top to thefamous equationofhis namesake .
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The consultation , lately published online by the SETI Institute , was conducted at a three - daypublic event calledSETICon :
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… a series of lecture , panels , and issue featuring scientists , authors , futurists , and plastic film - makers . It was a meter and place for science and the imagination to meet . One highlight of the program was [ Andrew Fraknoi ’s ] audience with the “ sire of SETI science , ” astronomer Frank Drake … The discourse ranged widely over Dr. Drake ’s career and current thinking , and included recall of Project OZMA , the very first experimentation searching for sign from civilization among the whiz , and his current survey of the Drake Equation ( estimating the chances of intelligent spirit out there ) . He also think over on a number of modern developments , including the breakthrough of numerous planet orbiting other stars and new mode of searching for superfluous - terrestrial civilizations .
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