Frank Donald Drake is an American astronomer and astrophysicist. source
Frank Donald Drake is an American astronomer and astrophysicist.
Frank Drake is most notable as one of the pioneers in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including the founding of SETI. source
Frank Drake is most notable as one of the pioneers in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, including the founding of SETI.
Frank Drake also developing the Drake equation, and as the creator of the Arecibo Message, a digital encoding of an astronomical and biological description of the Earth and its lifeforms for transmission into the cosmos. source
Frank Drake also developing the Drake equation, and as the creator of the Arecibo Message, a digital encoding of an astronomical and biological description of the Earth and its lifeforms for transmission into the cosmos.
Born on May 28, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, as a youth Frank Drake loved electronics and chemistry. source
Born on May 28, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, as a youth Frank Drake loved electronics and chemistry.
Frank Drake reports that he considered the possibility of life existing on other planets as an eight-year-old, but never discussed the idea with his family or teachers due to the prevalent religious ideology. source
Frank Drake reports that he considered the possibility of life existing on other planets as an eight-year-old, but never discussed the idea with his family or teachers due to the prevalent religious ideology.
Frank Drake enrolled at Cornell University on a Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship. source
Frank Drake enrolled at Cornell University on a Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship.
Once there Frank Drake began studying astronomy. His ideas about the possibility of extraterrestrial life were reinforced by a lecture from astrophysicist Otto Struve in 1951. source
Once there Frank Drake began studying astronomy. His ideas about the possibility of extraterrestrial life were reinforced by a lecture from astrophysicist Otto Struve in 1951.
After college, Frank Drake served briefly as an electronics officer on the heavy cruiser USS Albany. source
After college, Frank Drake served briefly as an electronics officer on the heavy cruiser USS Albany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Drake then went on to graduate school at Harvard to study radio astronomy. Drake's hobbies include lapidary and the cultivation of orchids. source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Drake then went on to graduate school at Harvard to study radio astronomy. Drake's hobbies include lapidary and the cultivation of orchids.
Frank Drake conducted key measurements which revealed the presence of a Jovian ionosphere and magnetosphere. source
Frank Drake conducted key measurements which revealed the presence of a Jovian ionosphere and magnetosphere.
In the 1960s, Frank Drake spearheaded the conversion of the Arecibo Observatory to a radio astronomical facility, later updated in 1974 and 1996. source
In the 1960s, Frank Drake spearheaded the conversion of the Arecibo Observatory to a radio astronomical facility, later updated in 1974 and 1996.
Frank Drake is one of the pioneers of the modern field of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence with Giuseppe Cocconi, Philip Morrison, Iosif Shklovsky, and Carl Sagan. source
Frank Drake is one of the pioneers of the modern field of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence with Giuseppe Cocconi, Philip Morrison, Iosif Shklovsky, and Carl Sagan.
Frank Drake co-designed the Pioneer plaque with Carl Sagan in 1972, the first physical message sent into space. source
Frank Drake co-designed the Pioneer plaque with Carl Sagan in 1972, the first physical message sent into space.
Frank Drake also served as President of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. source
Frank Drake also served as President of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Frank Drake is a member of the National Academy of Sciences where he chaired the Board of Physics and Astronomy of the National Research Council (1989–92). source
Frank Drake is a member of the National Academy of Sciences where he chaired the Board of Physics and Astronomy of the National Research Council (1989–92).
Frank Drake was a Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University (1964–84) and served as the Director of the Arecibo Observatory. source
Frank Drake was a Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University (1964–84) and served as the Director of the Arecibo Observatory.
Frank Drake is currently involved in "The Carl Sagan Center for the Study of life in the Universe" at the SETI Institute. source
Frank Drake is currently involved in "The Carl Sagan Center for the Study of life in the Universe" at the SETI Institute.
Frank Drake is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California at Santa Cruz where he also served as Dean of Natural Sciences (1984–88). source
Frank Drake is Emeritus Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California at Santa Cruz where he also served as Dean of Natural Sciences (1984–88).
Drake Planetarium at Norwood High School in Norwood, Ohio is named for Frank Drake and linked to NASA. source
Drake Planetarium at Norwood High School in Norwood, Ohio is named for Frank Drake and linked to NASA.
