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.
A launch vehicle derived from a single space shuttle solid rocket booster could be ready for flight by 2010 if NASA chooses it as a means of launching the Crew Exploration Vehicle into low-Earth orbit, according to SRB manufacturer ATK Thiokol.
A program to hunt for potentially threatening asteroids or comets down to 100 meters across probably would cost $300 million-$400 million and could use an array of space-based and ground telescopes, according to Lindley Johnson, program manager for NASA's Near Earth Observation Program.
NASA is preparing to release the latest Announcement of Opportunity for its Discovery program, which will ease restrictions on proposals that have contributed to cost and schedule overruns on previous missions, according to Andrew Dantzler, director of the Solar System Division at NASA headquarters.
