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.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the tri-agency committee charged with overseeing the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) were not hands-on enough and ignored signs that the program was spiraling out of control, according to the Commerce Department's inspector general.
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) bid goodbye to members of the Washington space community at a Space Transportation Association breakfast on Capitol Hill May 11, as he prepares to depart Congress next month. "One of the things I'm going to miss most about serving in the House, I think, is the opportunity to represent so many members of the American space community," said DeLay, whose district includes Johnson Space Center in Houston.
NASA's Mars exploration program is in the middle of a strategic regrouping effort as it continues grappling with the nearly $3 billion five-year cut contained in the Bush administration's fiscal 2007 budget request, which has left it unable to make firm plans for missions beyond 2016. In response, the agency has formed an ad hoc group to draw up plans for the next 10 years of Mars exploration. That group's work should be completed this summer, according to Mars Program Lead Scientist Michael Meyer.
