# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Nuclear Electric Propulsion: The Next Great Journey
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 26 Sep, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 26 Sep, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: A special presentation with spaceflight consultant, Dr. Roger Myers.

Myers will explore the latest advancements in nuclear electric propulsion in space. Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) provides unique performance capabilities and has the potential for enabling trips to Mars in under 90 days. Dr. Myers will cover this topic in depth, including an overview of Mars mission requirements and constraints, and progress on NASA’s Space Reactor 1 (SR-1) Freedom mission to Mars that is scheduled to launch in 2028.

Myers will present the key elements and capabilities of NEP vehicles including the reactor, shielding, power conversion system, electric propulsion system, and heat rejection systems, as well the development roadmap and required technology advances to achieve fast trips to Mars.

Event Details
Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

FREE with Membership and included with general admission.


About the Speaker

Dr. Roger Myers

R Myers Consulting, LLC
Executive Director, Advanced In-Space Programs Aerojet Rocketdyne (ret)

Dr. Roger Myers has worked on in-space transportation, propulsion and power for over 40 years, having worked at the NASA Glenn Research Center and held various executive positions at Aerojet Rocketdyne before establishing his consulting firm. He currently advises multiple clients on space mission design, propulsion and power system technology and flight system development, business and program management, and employee development. He has worked on over a hundred successful commercial, civil and defense space missions, including all of NASA’s Mars landing, Mercury Messenger, and Pluto New Horizon’s missions. He led dozens of R&D programs in chemical, electric and nuclear propulsion and power technologies and has over 100 publications in his field, including co-authoring the recent report titled “Weighing the Future: Strategic Options for U.S. Space Nuclear Leadership,” which is widely credited with guiding NASA’s current space nuclear program. He has served on several National Academy of Sciences committees, including co-Chairing the committee on Space Nuclear Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration, and currently serves as the Chair for the NASEM Space Technology Industry Government University Roundtable (STIGUR). 

Dr. Myers was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022, elected Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2010 and elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) in 2012. He served as WSAS president from 2020-2022. In 1994 he co-founded the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society, has served on its Board since then, and was its president from 2013-2020. Dr. Myers was awarded the AIAA Wyld Propulsion Award in 2014 and the ERPS Stuhlinger Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Electric Propulsion in 2017. He is a Trustee at Seattle’s Museum of Flight and serves on the Univ. of Washington’s A&A Department External Advisory Board. Dr. Myers earned his PhD from Princeton University in 1989 and a BSAE from the University of Michigan in 1984.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/white-center/nuclear-electric-propulsion-the-next-great-journey/200030701716640
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: White Center
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 9404 E Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98108
- **lat**: 47.51901
- **long**: -122.29709
- **full address**: 9404 E Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98108, 9404 E Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA 98108-4046, United States, White Center

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Nuclear Electric Propulsion: The Next Great Journey being held?
  - **A:** Nuclear Electric Propulsion: The Next Great Journey takes place on Sat, 26 Sep, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 26 Sep, 2026 at 03:00 pm at 9404 E Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98108, 9404 E Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA 98108-4046, United States, White Center.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Nuclear Electric Propulsion: The Next Great Journey?
  - **A:** Nuclear Electric Propulsion: The Next Great Journey is organized by The Museum of Flight.

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