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.
Preliminary estimates from NASA put the cost of a space probe to explore Jupiter's moon Europa at $2 billion to $4 billion, Acting Administrator for Science Colleen Hartman told House appropriators March 14. The estimate comes from an ongoing survey of potential outer planetary exploration missions that NASA expects to complete by the end of the summer. Other destinations under review include Jupiter's moon Ganymede and the Saturnian moons Enceladus and Titan.
NASA will need an additional $350 million in fiscal 2009 and $400 million FY '10 to reverse the effect of the FY '07 continuing budget resolution and put the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) back on schedule to debut in 2014, Administrator Michael Griffin told House appropriators March 13.
Challenges with the integration of the beam control/fire control system caused the first live shootdown test of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Airborne Laser (ABL) program to slip from its original target of 2008 into 2009, according to prime contractor Boeing.
