Drake still sticking with estimate of 10K civs in MWG

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SETI chairman relates progress in search for extraterrestrial life The article is here: http://www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2002/09/25/3d91423bb2098   I have trouble with this part of the article and wonder if Drake was either misquoted by the media or if Drake knows something we do not?   "By his calculations, he estimates one in every 10 million stars has a civilization. The search for these cultures is not quite as simple as the calculations. "People would need to use a telescope with a five-mile diameter to see these civilizations from Earth, he said. And if they wanted to travel there with current technology, people would have to wait at least 30 million years."