Frank Donald Drake (Born May 28, 1930) is an American astronomer and astrophysicist.
He is most notable as one of the pioneers in the search for extraterrestrial intel...
I found I could reduce the whole agenda for the meeting to a single line [the Drake equation]. Of course, I didn’t have real values for most of the factors. But I did have a compelling equation that summarized the topics to be discussed. Frank Drake
I found I could reduce the whole agenda for the meeting to a single line [the Drake equation]. Of course, I didn’t have real values for most of the factors. But I did have a compelling equation that summarized the topics to be discussed.
Only by doing the best we can with the very best that an era offers, do we find the way to do better in the future. Frank Drake
Only by doing the best we can with the very best that an era offers, do we find the way to do better in the future.
Someday, from somewhere out among the stars, will come the answers to many of the oldest, most important, and most exciting questions mankind has asked. Frank Drake
Someday, from somewhere out among the stars, will come the answers to many of the oldest, most important, and most exciting questions mankind has asked.
There’s technologies you could learn. How to provide clean energy or nuclear fusion. If they could teach us how to build a nuclear fusion reactor, that would be good. Frank Drake
There’s technologies you could learn. How to provide clean energy or nuclear fusion. If they could teach us how to build a nuclear fusion reactor, that would be good.
That poetic paranoia is a perfect description of what the Sun, as a gravitational lens, could do for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Frank Drake
That poetic paranoia is a perfect description of what the Sun, as a gravitational lens, could do for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
Some people worry a reply might excite an attack on you—not likely. However, we might decide we shouldn’t say anything to them; go and hide somewhere. Frank Drake
Some people worry a reply might excite an attack on you—not likely. However, we might decide we shouldn’t say anything to them; go and hide somewhere.
Other intelligent life-forms will differ greatly in appearance - they may resemble the creature in E.T. or startle us with their beauty - but life itself is common, I'm certain. Frank Drake
Other intelligent life-forms will differ greatly in appearance - they may resemble the creature in E.T. or startle us with their beauty - but life itself is common, I'm certain.
Is there intelligent life on Earth? Frank Drake
Is there intelligent life on Earth?
It is not likely that we will come across a less advanced species because less advanced would not have developed radio yet so there would be no way to detect them. Frank Drake
It is not likely that we will come across a less advanced species because less advanced would not have developed radio yet so there would be no way to detect them.
Well, we do send average humans but we have never sent a picture of a homeless person or a goth or other peculiar type. Frank Drake
Well, we do send average humans but we have never sent a picture of a homeless person or a goth or other peculiar type.
At this very minute, with almost absolute certainty, radio waves sent forth by other intelligent civilizations are falling on the earth. Frank Drake
At this very minute, with almost absolute certainty, radio waves sent forth by other intelligent civilizations are falling on the earth.
We have always felt we should be totally honest; we shouldn’t guild the lily. Although when you think about it sometimes, for instance, we all like to send pictures of humans because we think they’re interesting; we don’t send ugly humans. Frank Drake
We have always felt we should be totally honest; we shouldn’t guild the lily. Although when you think about it sometimes, for instance, we all like to send pictures of humans because we think they’re interesting; we don’t send ugly humans.
