Frank Drake Children: Did Frank Drake Have Kids?
Drake, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 28, 1930, grew up to love electronics and chemistry. He claims that when he was eight years old, he had already thought about the possibility of life existing on other planets, but he never brought up the subject with his family or teachers because of the…
Drake, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 28, 1930, grew up to love electronics and chemistry. He claims that when he was eight years old, he had already thought about the possibility of life existing on other planets, but he never brought up the subject with his family or teachers because of the prevailing religious mindset as at that time.
He received a scholarship from the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps to attend Cornell University. Frank started studying astronomy once he arrived in the institution. During an Otto Struve talk in 1951, he was more convinced of the viability of extraterrestrial life. He spent a brief period after graduation working as an electronics officer on the heavy cruiser USS Albany. He continued his studies of radio astronomy at Harvard University after that.
Frank Drake Children: Did Frank Drake Have Kids?
Yes, he had a child named Nadia Drake who is works as a writer for national geographic and a science journalist.
