Frank Drake

[Zermelo]

https://www.space.com/seti-pioneer-frank-drake-obituary

[PeterC65]

Particularly under the current circumstances, it's good to be reminded that there are members of the human race who deserve to be described as civilised.

 

[bingevader]

RIP

We ran SETI on the home PC for years until Folding At Home came along.

[Felias]

Sad news. I was just reading another thread in the Lounge that was edging towards the paranormal, and now that I learn this, it's impossible not to think about Ian MacLeod's 'New light on the Drake equation'. Not easy to find (see http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?100406 ), but one of the great modern classics of British sci-fi. Well worth a read.