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Green Bank meeting introduces the Drake equation

Name: Green Bank meeting introduces the Drake equation
Start: 1961
Location: Green Bank, WV

When: 1961
Where: Green Bank, WV
Sources: 2 public sources

Frank Drake revisiting the Drake equation decades after the 1961 Green Bank meeting Raphael Perrino, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ten scientists, including Frank Drake, Carl Sagan and Philip Morrison, met at the Green Bank radio observatory for the National Academy of Sciences' Space Science Board. Drake's equation, used to frame the talks, became the standard way to estimate how many civilizations might exist.

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OfficialFrank Drake (opens in a new tab)National Radio Astronomy Observatory
PressThe Order of the Dolphin: SETI's secret origin story (opens in a new tab)Astronomy (originally Discover) / 2018-10-10

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