[Momaw Nadon]

Are the 118 factors listed at reasons.org included in the Drake Equation?

If not, do you think they should be?

[Ahban]

I don't know the current state of affairs of the Drake equation, other than as time goes on the number of things they find that need to be factored in grows. I just don't know where that is right now.

The stuff at reasons.org is a defacto Drake equation. I know that the list was at less than 100 factors only a few months ago. The more our knowledge grows the more we find that the parameters that will produce a planet capable of harbouring life as we know it get narrower.

I myself would be interested to know if there is an offical "Drake Equation" that is updated frequently. My guess is that unless it is updated monthly, it will not have all 118 of these factors, but it will have more factors than it did two years ago, or whenever it was last updated.