**The July 22 event is postponed. We will announce a new date soon.**
Plan on a special evening, and VIP Meet 'n Greet with renowned 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
This event is currently postponed and a new date will be posted soon.
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.
