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.
In a speech on the floor of the Senate April 26, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) called upon President Bush to help find money for further servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. "I want the president to look at those NASA pictures," Mikulski said, referring to new images released by the agency to commemorate Hubble's 15th anniversary. "I want to work with him on a bipartisan basis to find the money to keep Hubble flying and see to the edge of the universe."
NASA's Prometheus team is awaiting a decision from NASA headquarters on what mission the agency wants to replace the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) as a means of demonstrating new space nuclear power and propulsion technologies.
Recent revisions to the Department of Defense's space acquisition rules schedule program reviews earlier to allow for better oversight by program managers, according to Air Force officials. Former Acting Air Force Secretary Peter Teets spearheaded a new acquisition policy for DOD space programs following a series of high-profile program overruns that called the effectiveness of military space acquisition into serious question. These rules were revised again in December 2004 in response to feedback from acquisition officials.
