Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2026)

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Bridging the interplanetary gap and lighting up the final frontier.

Chemical rockets got us off the ground, but they won’t keep us alive on the Moon or get us to Mars in record time. The next era of deep space exploration demands the unrivaled, relentless power of the atom.

Welcome to the Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS) community. Space nuclear technology is no longer a 1960s blueprint; we are operating in a heavily backed renaissance driven by aggressive national space policies, hard government mandates, and massive strategic investments.

NETS is far more than an engineering symposium. It is where the future of space nuclear power is decided.

This is where the laboratory meets the boardroom and the briefing room. We bring together the visionary engineers building the hardware, the policymakers writing the standards, and the agency leaders deploying the capital. When NASA, the DOE, the DOW, and the commercial aerospace sector need to align on the future of space power, they do it here.

We are the premier community architecting the complete deep-space infrastructure:

• Propelling the journey: Next-generation propulsion to shatter transit times and conquer the interplanetary gap.
• Powering the outpost: High-capacity surface grids to keep the lights on and habitats running at permanent lunar and Martian bases.
• Surviving the deep: Resilient power systems designed to thrive in the absolute darkest, most extreme environments in the solar system.

Whether you are engineering the hardware, writing the policy, or setting the standards that will turn science fiction into an operational reality, your voice belongs here. Join us as we build the infrastructure of the cosmos.

Register today to join the conversation and help shape the future of space nuclear!