May 4-8: ANS Nuclear and Emerging Technologies in Space Conference, 2025
Several MIT graduate students, Prof. Koroush Shirvan, and staff scientist Nesrin Cetiner will be in attendance. More to come after the event. See full post here.
April 23: MIT AeroAstro SpaceTech Conference
MIT graduate students Taylor Hampson (NSE) and Patrick Riley (AeroAstro) gave lightning talks on their ongoing nuclear thermal propulsion research. Bhavya Lal – former NASA Associate Administrator for Technology, Policy and Strategy, and MIT NSE graduate gave a talk on both the history of space nuclear technology, and recommendations for how future space nuclear programs could overcome the challenges faced by their predecessors.