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 is soliciting bids from industry for commercial resupply demonstrations to the International Space Station that would take place between 2008 and 2010. The agency hopes to be able to turn responsibility for supplying the ISS over to industry some time after 2010, when the space shuttle is due to retire, provided "a capability is successfully demonstrated and the government determines it is in its best interest," according to a request for proposals (RFP) released Jan. 18.
Lockheed Martin is applying lessons learned from the Stardust sample return capsule and other similar capsules in its bid to build NASA's Crew Exploration Vehicle, according to the company. Stardust parachuted down into the Utah desert carrying comet and interstellar dust samples on Jan. 15 (DAILY, Jan. 18). The CEV capsule also will parachute down to solid ground, possibly with the help of retro-rockets or airbags.
The Aerospace Industries Association is making "good progress" on developing an international ethics code for overseas aerospace countries wanting to do business in the United States, according to AIA President and CEO John Douglass. AIA began the effort about six months ago, Douglass said. During a review of AIA's own ethics program, a member of the executive committee suggested broadening the effort to include other countries and level the often "unbalanced" ethical playing field, he said.
