60 years later, is it time to update the Drake equation?

Re:60 years later, is it time to update the Drake equation? by kortex on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @08:48PM (#27203276)

I read it to mean "probe that is moving hella fast and also radiating in every direction." So there is a "contact cone" rather than a "contact sphere," increasing the amount of space interacted with (even if only briefly)

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Re:60 years later, is it time to update the Drake equation? by behringer on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @08:58PM (#27203348)

I think if you were to radiate out from any point inside of an enlarging circle, enlarging at the same speed as that circle, I can't see how it would radiate away from that bubble.

That said, the signal would be much stronger if you tuned it for specific regions of space.

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