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People presume we've been somehow monitoring the entire sky at all frequencies, all the time, but we haven't yet been able to do any of those things. The fact is, all the SETI efforts to date have only closely examined a couple thousand nearby stars, and we're only just now learning which of those might have promising planets.

~Frank Drake

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It now appears that essentially every star has a planetary system. In the very beginning, we thought at best half.

~Frank Drake

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Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: May 28th, 1930

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