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“"I know perfectly well that at this moment the whole universe is listening to us," Jean Giraudoux wrote in The Madwoman of Chaillot, "and that every word we say echoes to the remotest star."That poetic paranoia is a perfect description of what the Sun, as a gravitational lens, could do for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.”

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Frank Drake
Frank Drake

Frank Drake, born on May 28, 1930, is an American astronomer renowned for his contributions to radio astronomy. He is best known for his formulation of the Drake Equation, which attempts to estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way. Drake has played a key role in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project and has been instrumental in advancing astronomy and space exploration. more

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