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.
GREENBELT, Md - NASA's new Office of Exploration Systems has just completed its review of 140 pre-existing technology programs it inherited from elsewhere in the agency, according to office director Rear Adm. Craig Steidle. "We just did a complete realignment and a review of 140 programs that have been moved into this office from different places, and about 25 percent of them are being refocused and realigned," Steidle said during the American Astronautical Society's 42nd Goddard Memorial Symposium here March 17.
NUNN-PERRY AWARD: Boeing and Precision Machine & Manufacturing of Grove, Okla., were awarded the Nunn-Perry Award at the DOD's Mentor-Protege Conference March 17. The mentor-protege program encourages contractors to help small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses and organizations that employ the severely disabled to develop technical and business capabilities.
GREENBELT, Md. - NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) probably can function on the surface of the planet for 200-250 days if the agency can find the money to operate them that long, according to Jim Garvin, lead scientist for Mars exploration at NASA headquarters. The twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity touched down on Mars in January to look for evidence of past water (DAILY, Jan. 16). Spirit has been on the surface for more than 70 days, and Opportunity for more than 50. The baseline mission for each golf-cart sized rover is 90 days.
