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Do Aliens Listen to Podcasts? Breaking Down the Drake Equation.

Beyond Terrestrial Podcast by Lee Errett

Jun 2, 202001:10:47Science & Medicine

In 1961, the creation of an agenda for a meeting of radio astronomers birthed a now famous equation. But what does N = R ∗ · f p · n e · f l · f i · f c · L actually mean? We crunch the numbers, talk space, movies and mo...