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.
NASA is planning to launch its replacement for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) climate monitoring spacecraft in February 2013, while keeping the rebuilt spacecraft as close to the original as possible. The first OCO was lost during launch on Feb. 24, 2009, when the fairing on its Taurus XL launch vehicle failed to properly separate after liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Aerospace DAILY, July 20). Orbital Sciences built both the OCO spacecraft and the Taurus, and will build the OCO replacement as well.
A National Academies panel is recommending NASA beef up funding for its suborbital research program and assign a suborbital lead who would report to the agency’s associate administrator for science.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied a protest by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) over NASA’s choice to orbit its Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft using rival Orbital Sciences’ Minotaur V rocket.
