©2023 University of and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from volunteers. We're cleaning out our lab at Space Sciences, and saying goodbye to a lot of history.Ĭheck out our latest newsletter: New zones, a milestone, and next steps. If Earthlings ever find ET, we'll have Frank to thank. Frank's insights led to optical SETI, and most recently, while in his 90's, Frank helped pioneer PANOSETI.įrank was a wonderful friend, mentor, and brilliant collaborator. He taught me so much - I was incredibly fortunate to work with Frank on many SETI experiments for 45 years.

I didn't become rich, but instead I was inspired by Frank to work on some of the most fundamental questions we have as humans.

While other homebrewers were designing and selling the first home computers, I spent my time figuring out how to utilize the first computer chips for SETI experiments, thanks to Frank. Everybody in Homebrew became ultra-rich, except me. When the first microcomputer chips came out in the early 70's I joined the Homebrew Computer Club, along with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Frank conducted the first SETI experiments capable of detecting radio signals at nearby stars distances, He continued to be a large influence on the field into his 90s.ĭan Werthimer had this to say: If it weren't for Frank, I'd be filthy rich. We are sad to report that SETI pioneer and originator of the Drake Equation passed away on September 2nd. This is an important step in identifying any signals that don't look like RFI. Participants will help identify and classify types of Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) seen in the data that they have taken at the Green Bank Telescope. Jean Luc Margot, a SETI Researcher at UCLA has started a Citizen Science project at UCLA. Check out our latest newsletter: Final update.

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