#455 – Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

2665.932 - 2692.437 Adam Frank

uh speaking of simplifying everything down to an equation uh let's return back to the question of how many alien civilizations are out there and uh talk about the drake equation yeah can you uh explain the drake equation you know people have various uh feelings about the drake equation uh you know it can be abused but basically it was the the story actually is really interesting so frank drake in uh 1960 does the first ever astrobiological experiment he