Interstellar colonization - A new parameter for the Drake equation

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Feb 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...41..193w&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 41, Feb. 1980, p. 193-197.

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Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Mathematical Models, Milky Way Galaxy, Space Colonies, Biological Evolution, Interstellar Communication, Project Seti, Stellar Evolution

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The paper examines interstellar colonization as a new parameter for the Drake equation. The new parameter C implies that the Drake equation is not strongly affected by interstellar colonization, and that direct contact between extraterrestrials is very rare. The prospect of interstellar colonization does not have the devastating impact on SETI, and it probably occurs on a small scale; since communication between the home and colonized star systems would be likely, interstellar communication may be common, but directional. It is concluded that limited interstellar colonization may occur, and that an effective SETI program must rely on electromagnetic communication.

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