Jeff has been involved in aerospace journalism since the mid 1990s. Prior to joining Aviation Week, Jeff served as managing editor of Launchspace magazine and the International Space Industry Report. He has been the editor and chief of Aviation Week's Aerospace Daily & Defense Report since 2007 and has been a regular contributor to Aviation Week magazine. He received his B.A. from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) has been diverted to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington for thermal-vacuum testing after being bumped by a classified spacecraft also under development by manufacturer General Dynamics in Gilbert, Ariz.
If NASA’s Fiscal 2008 budget becomes a casualty of the showdown between the Bush administration and Congress over discretionary spending, the consequences could be dire as the agency struggles to retire the space shuttle on time and pave the way for an ambitious program of lunar exploration under already severe fiscal constraints.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that NASA not proceed beyond the 2008 preliminary design review (PDR) for the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle until it establishes a sound business case for the program.
