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What's happening in the cosmos
SINCE YOU WERE BORN

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Day: Month: Year:

How was all this calculated

SPACE WEIGHT
Your weight around the Solar System

Enter weight on Earth: kg/lb

on Mercury: kg/lb
on Venus: kg/lb
on Mars: kg/lb
on Jupiter: kg/lb
on Saturn: kg/lb
on Uranus: kg/lb
on Neptune: kg/lb
on the Moon: kg/lb
on the Sun: kg/lb

THE DRAKE EQUATION
The Number of extra-Terrestrial Civilizations that Could Communicate

N = R_{\ast} \cdot f_p \cdot n_e \cdot f_{\ell} \cdot f_i \cdot f_c \cdot L

R Rate of Star formation: Suns/yr why

R Fraction of these Stars with a Planetary system: why

R* Number of planets capable of hosting life in a planetary system: why

R Fraction of these planets that do go on to develop life: why

R Fraction of those that develop intelligent life: guesswork

R Fraction of those that develop a civilization capable of communicating: guesswork

R The lifetime of advanced civilizations: why