Astronomy,
SETI/Xenology, Machine Self-Replication, Science, Law and Ethics
Publications
of Robert A. Freitas Jr.
- Graham Templeton, “This
scientist wrote the ultimate guide to alien weapons, music, and sex,”
Inverse.com, 10 May 2017 (about the writing of Xenology).
Full
Text (HTML)
- Keith B. Wiley, “The
Fermi Paradox, Self-Replicating Probes, and the Interstellar Transportation
Bandwidth,” arXiv.org
Physics, 26 Nov 2011 (about Freitas’ contribution to the Fermi Paradox
discussion). Full Text (PDF)
- Adam Korbitz, “Xenology,
Metalaw and Thermoethics,”
Metalaw and SETI blog, 2 December 2010. (about Freitas' metalegal
theories) Full
Text (HTML)
- Lance Frazer, “Alien
Probes: Extraterrestrial Intelligence Isn’t the Only Thing We Can Search
For,” Ad Astra 3(June 1991):42-46. (Interview with Robert Freitas)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Alien Sex,” in Stanley Schmidt, ed., Part Four, The Search
for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Analog Essays on Science, John Wiley
& Sons, New York, 1990, pp. 159-166. Full
Article (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Scenario No. 13. Illegal Aliens,” in Paul B. Andrews, ed., Genesis
Revisited...The Beginning, Volume 1, The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis Trilogy,
America West Publishers, Pyramid Productions, Inc., Ridgecrest, CA, 1987,
pp. 583-598. Full
Text (HTML)
- Francisco Valdes, Robert
A. Freitas Jr., “A Search for the Tritium Hyperfine Line from Nearby
Stars,” Icarus 65(1986):152-157. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Chapter 6. The Birth of the Cyborg,” in Marvin Minsky, ed., Robotics,
Anchor Press/Doubleday, New York, 1985, pp. 146-183.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“The Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts (SETA),” Teil IV –
Ausblicke und Moglichkeiten, in Johannes Fiebag, ed., Aus den Tiefen des
Alls –
Wissenschaftler auf den Spuren extra-terrestrischer Eingriffe
(From the Deeps of Space -- Scientists in Search of Extraterrestrial Influences),
Hohenrain Publishing House, Buchmesse, 1985, pp. 345-360. Full
Text, in German (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“There Is No Fermi Paradox,” Icarus
62(1985):518-520. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
Doctor F.’s Negative Calorie Diet Plan (unpublished somewhat tongue-in-cheek
dieting book), August 1985, 84 pp.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Observable Characteristics of Extraterrestrial Technological Civilizations,”
J. Brit. Interplanet. Soc. 38(1985):106-112. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
Francisco Valdes, “The search for extraterrestrial artifacts (SETA),”
Acta Astronautica 12(1985):1027-1034. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“The Legal Rights of Robots,” Student Lawyer 13(January
1985):54-56. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“The Cloud is Coming,” in Pamela Weintraub, ed., Omni's Catalog
of the Bizarre, Omni Books, New York, 1985, pp. 177.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“UFO Update,” in Pamela Weintraub, ed., Omni's Catalog of
the Bizarre, Omni Books, New York, 1985, pp. 50-51.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Searching for Extraterrestrial Artifacts (SETA),” Spaceflight
26(December 1984):438-441. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Chapter 15. Born Again Robots,” in Owen Davies, ed., The
Omni Book of Computers and Robots, Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing
Corp., New York, 1984, pp. 227-237.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
Francisco Valdes, “The Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts (SETA),”
paper presented at the IAF CETI Conference, October 1984, Lausanne, Switzerland;
Paper No. IAA-84-243(A), 9 pp.
- Francisco Valdes, Robert
A. Freitas Jr., “A Search for Tritium Hyperfine Lines from Nearby Stars,”
paper presented at IAF CETI Conference, October 1984, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Paper No. IAA-84-243(B), 3 pp.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Project Daedalus,” Odyssey 6(September 1984):12-21.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“ET’s Doctors,” Omni 6(September 1984):111. Full
Article (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Red Rectangle,” Omni 6(September 1984):34.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Fermi's Paradox: A Real Howler,” Issac Asimov's Science Fiction
Magazine 8(September 1984):30-44. Full
Article (HTML) ..... Portuguese
Translation (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
ed., Autonomy and the Human Element in Space, Final Report of the 1983 NASA/ASEE
Summer Faculty Workshop, NASA/Ames Research Center and Stanford University,
15 February 1984, 650 pp.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Fire or Ice?” Omni (1984).
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Gnus of the Celestial Zoo,” Odyssey (1984).
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Sunspots and Disease,” Omni 6(May 1984):40.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Xenopsychology,” Analog 104(April 1984):41-53. Full
Paper (HTML) ..... Russian
Translation (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Shuttle Tourism,” Omni 6(April 1984):44.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Timeless Minds,” Omni 6(February 1984):38. Full
Article (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Crimes, Crazies, and Creole Cookery,” Ares, No. 16 (Winter
1983):15. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Galactic Empires,” Ares, No. 16 (Winter 1983):7-14.
Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
ed., Autonomy and the Human Element in Space: Executive Summary, Report of
the 1983 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Workshop, NASA/Ames Research Center and
Stanford University, 1 December 1983, 25 pp.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts (SETA),” J.
Brit. Interplanet. Soc. 36(November 1983):501-506. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the Solar System: Resolving the Fermi
Paradox,” J. Brit. Interplanet. Soc. 36(November
1983):496-500. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“When E.T. Needs A Lawyer,” Chicago Tribune, 25 November
1983.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“The Case for Interstellar Probes,” J. Brit. Interplanet.
Soc. 36(November 1983):490-495. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“When E.T. Needs A Lawyer,” Student Lawyer 12(October
1983):18-22.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“The Cloud Is Coming,” Omni 6(October 1983):173.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“If They Are Here, Where Are They? Observational and Search Considerations,”
Icarus 55(August 1983):337-343. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Building Athens Without the Slaves,” Technology Illustrated
3(August 1983):16-20. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Debunking the Myths of Interstellar Probes,” AstroSearch
1(July-August 1983):8-9. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Roboclone: Self-Replicating Robots,” Omni 5(July 1983):44-47,
117-118. Full Article
(HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Alien Sex,” Sexology Today 49(June 1983):50-56.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Sex in Space,” Sexology Today 48(April 1983):58-64.
Full Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Future Computer Blight,” Science Digest 91(March 1983):74-75.
- Francisco Valdes, Robert
A. Freitas Jr., “A Search for Objects Near the Earth-Moon Lagrangian
Points,” Icarus 53(March 1983):453-457. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Terraforming Mars and Venus Using Machine Self-Replicating Systems,”
J. Brit. Interplanet. Soc. 36(March 1983):139-142.
Full Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Naming Extraterrestrial Life,” Nature
301(13 January 1983):106. Full
Paper (HTML) ..... Full
Text (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
William P. Gilbreath, eds., Advanced Automation for Space Missions,
Proceedings of the 1980 NASA/ASEE Summer Study held at the University of Santa
Clara, Santa Clara, California, June 23-August 29, 1980. NASA Conference Publication
CP-2255 (N83-15348), November 1982, 393 pp. Full
Text (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“The Search for Bracewell Probes,” Science News 122(7
August 1982):89.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Alien Sex,” Analog 102(June 1982):46-53. Full
Paper (HTML) ..... Russian
Translation (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Alien Skies,” Astronomy 10(April 1982):90-95.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
Timothy J. Healy, James E. Long, “Advanced Automation for Space Missions,”
Journal of the Astronautical Sciences 30(January-March
1982):1-11. Full Paper
(HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
P. Carlson, eds., Computer Science: Key to a Space Program Renaissance,
Final Report of the 1981 NASA/ASEE Systems Feasibility Study in Computer Science,
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, January 1982, 400 pp.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Report on the NASA/ASEE Summer Study on Advanced Automation for Space
Missions,” J. British Interplanet. Society
34(September, 1981):407-408. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
Timothy J. Healy, James E. Long, “Advanced automation for space missions,”
in P.J. Hayes, ed., Proc. 7th International Joint Conference on Artificial
Intelligence (IJCAI-81), 24-28 August 1981, Vancouver, Canada, William
Kaufmann, Los Altos, CA, 1981, pp. 803-808.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“The Cereal Box Syndrome,” Cosmic Search 3(Summer 1981):16-17.
Full Paper
(HTML) ..... Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Extraterrestrial Zoology,” Analog 101(20 July 1981):53-67.
Full Paper (HTML)
..... Russian
Translation (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
ed., Report of the Goal-Setting Workshop for the 1981 Computer Science Summer
Study, proceedings of a symposium conducted at the Xerox International Center
for Training and Management Development, Leesburg, Virginia, 31 May –
5 June 1981, 24 pp.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
William B. Zachary, “A Self-Replicating, Growing Lunar Factory,”
in Jerry Grey, Lawrence A. Hamdan, eds., Space Manufacturing 4, Proceedings
of the Fifth Princeton/AIAA/SSI Conference on Space Manufacturing, 18-21 May
1981, Princeton University, AIAA, New York, 1981, pp. 109-119. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Wildlife in Outer Space,” Animal Kingdom, 24 April 1981,
16pp, 10 refs (contract research paper).
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Xenobiology,” Analog 101(30 March 1981):30-41. Full
Paper (HTML) ..... Russian
Translation (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr., “An atomic separator for omnivorous self-replicating
systems,” unpublished privately circulated document, February 1981,
23 pp, 39 refs.
- Francisco Valdes, Robert
A. Freitas Jr., “Comparison of Reproducing and Nonreproducing Starprobe
Strategies for Galactic Exploration,” J. British Interplanet.
Soc. 33(November 1980):402-408. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
ed., Advanced Automation for Space Missions: Technical Summary, Report
of the 1980 NASA/ASEE Summer Study on the Feasibility of Using Machine Intelligence
in Space Applications, University of Santa Clara. NASA CR-163827, September
1980, 84 pp. Full
book (PDF, 37.2 MB)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“A Self-Reproducing Interstellar Probe,” J. British
Interplanet. Soc. 33(July 1980):251-264. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
Francisco Valdes, “A Search for Natural or Artificial Objects Located
at the Earth-Moon Libration Points,” Icarus
42(June 1980):442-447. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Fetal Adoption: A Technological Solution to the Problem of Abortion
Ethics,” The Humanist 40(May/June 1980):22-23. Full
Paper (HTML) ..... faux website
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“A General Theory of Living Systems,” Analog 100(March
1980):61-75.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Interstellar Probes: A New Approach to SETI,” J.
British Interplanet. Soc. 33(March 1980):95-100. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Illegal Aliens,” in Owen Davies, ed., Part Eight: Justice in
Orbit, The Omni Book of Space, Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing
Corp., New York, 1979, pp. 301-315. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
Xenology: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Extraterrestrial
Life, Intelligence and Civilization, privately published manuscript,
1979. Full Text (HTML) ..... the original
nicely reformatted "tabbed pages" version by Tony Lutz is here
[LARGE PAGE WARNING] ..... online
Tony Lutz version of the book ..... original-format mirror copy at bibliotecapleyades.net
..... the newest nicely reformatted "tabbed pages" version by Tony
Lutz is here
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Illegal Aliens,” Omni 2(November 1979):84-86, 108, 110.
Full Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Survival Homicide in Space,” independent research study in Space
Law, University of Santa Clara School of Law, November 1978, 154 refs. Full
Text (PDF, 0.3 MB)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Cost/Benefit Analysis of the Two Major American Political Parties,”
Analog 98(September 1978):7-8.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
Lobbying for Space: The 1978 Space Lobbyist's Handbook. Space Initiative,
P.O. Box 353, Santa Clara, California, 95050. 64pp (1978 Edition), 66pp (1979
Edition), 68pp (1980 Edition), 68pp (1981 Edition). Mentioned in M.A.G.
Michaud, Reaching for the High Frontier (1986).
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“High Energy Particle Beams for CETI,” Spaceflight 19(October
1977):378-379. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“The Stateless Person in International Law,” unpublished legal
research paper, International Law course, Univ. of Santa Clara School of Law,
April 1977, 42 pp, 120 refs.
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Metalaw and Interstellar Relations,” Mercury 6(March/April
1977):15-17. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“The Legal Rights of Extraterrestrials,” Analog 97(April
1977):54-67. Full
Paper (HTML)
- Robert A. Freitas Jr.,
“Farfetched,” Science Digest 79(January 1976):6.
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among the many linked papers cited on this page.
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