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.
With servicing visits by the space shuttle canceled, NASA projects the Hubble Space Telescope probably will be unable to make useful science observations by 2007-2008. The agency is planning to de-orbit the observatory using an unmanned tug that will guide it to a controlled re-entry.
In the absence of budget specifics, questions remain over the administration's ability to successfully shift $11 billion of NASA's budget over the next five years to cover its new space exploration vision, according to the director of space policy at the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). Bruce Mahone of AIA said he's "delighted" that NASA has been given clear long-term goals, though he remains concerned about the effort's viability over the next few years.
The U.S. Air Force is expected to award nearly $1 billion later this week to teams led by Lockheed Martin and Boeing to enter the next phase of DOD's Transformational Communications MILSATCOM (TCM) space segment program, according to Lockheed Martin.
