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.
During a meeting of NASA's Biological and Physical Research Advisory Committee (BPRAC) Nov. 29, members criticized a recent International Space Station task force report's recommendation that experiments supporting long-duration human space flight be made the highest research priority aboard the station.
As he works to develop a national strategy for protecting U.S. soil, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge is putting more money for first responders high on his priority list. "We need to give our nation's first responders - the firefighters, police, medical professionals, and other emergency officials - the tools to do their job even better," Ridge said, speaking at Aviation Week's Homeland Security and Defense conference in Washington Nov. 27.
With its Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) program, Orbital Sciences Corp. hopes to accomplish a first in space flight - a purely autonomous on-orbit rendezvous between two spacecraft.
