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Old 4th December 2012, 05:14 PM   #376
justintime
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Originally Posted by StankApe View Post
Drake Equation and results:




R* = 1/year (1 stars formed per year, on the average over the life of the galaxy; this was regarded as conservative)
fp = 0.2-0.5 (one fifth to one half of all stars formed will have planets)
ne = 1-5 (stars with planets will have between 1 and 5 planets capable of developing life)
fl = 1 (100% of these planets will develop life)
fi = 1 (100% of which will develop intelligent life)
fc = 0.1-0.2 (10-20% of which will be able to communicate)
L = 1000-100,000,000 years (which will last somewhere between 1000 and 100,000,000 years)
Drake states that given the uncertainties, the original meeting concluded that N ≈ L, and there were probably between 1000 and 100,000,000 civilizations in the galaxy.


ETA: apparently the format of the equation itself didn't work in the forums format parameters
Carl Sagan explains the Drake Equation.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27...h#.UL6RqIYlD4w
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