The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing software was originally developed for this kind of initiative, which is the subject of the second-largest distributed computing initiative after folding@home.
The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing software was originally developed for this kind of initiative, which is the subject of the second-largest distributed computing initiative after folding@home. The "principle of plenitude" provides the philosophical basis for this kind of effort. In 1960, the first initiative of this kind was launched as Project (*) Ozma. In 2015, Yuri Milner announced he would fund $100 million in the Breakthrough Initiatives as part of this goal. Star formation is one of seven variables in an equation developed by Frank Drake to provide an argument for this sort of initiative. For 10 points, name this kind of astronomical initiative that is encompassed by the acronym SETI.
The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing software was originally developed for this kind of initiative, which is the subject of the second-largest distributed computing initiative after folding@home.
searching for extraterrestrial life [accept SETI; accept any answers indicating that aliens or life is being sought]