Torn’s Science Fiction, Technology, & Science 28 February — 6 March 2023

Featured The Drake Equation

The Drake Equation is an equation that gives an estimate of the number of radio capable civilizations in the galaxy that could be detected using conventional radio astronomy techniques.

A good overview of the Drake Equation is provided by the Seti Institute.

I have written an article about the Drake Equation as part of my articles concerning World Building For Science Fiction.

In science fiction of the past, almost every planet had life and intelligent life.  Since the space age, observational data has shown the other planets of our solar system are devoid of intelligent and maybe even life. High confidence of recent SETI searches place limits on the existence of ET. As a science fiction author, I’d like to keep within the limits of observations, or at the very least, know when I’m violating them.

Below is a video from Astrum that discusses how scary the solutions for the Drake Equation are scary, no matter what the answer.

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2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

The Space Environment: Implications for Spacecraft Design — Revised and Expanded Edition by Alan C. Tribble

Lunar Sourcebook: a Users Guide to the Moon edited by Grant H. Heiken, David T. Vaniman, and Bevan M. French

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Destination—Death by Wilber S. Peacock

 

The New Frontiers Series, Book One: The Ship by Jack L. Knapp

 

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This week, I offer the vignette Sins of the Son.

As we learn about the universe, seemingly paradoxical results are always refining our theories.  In this case, our theories about gas giant formation such as Jupiter, are put to the test when we find a massive planet orbiting a small star.

Robert Lea has published the Massive ‘Forbidden Planet’ on Space.com

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