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.
An FAA research and development (R&D) official is concerned about NASA's future commitment to aircraft safety and environmental mitigation R&D, given the agency's dwindling aeronautics budget over the next few years. According to Joan Bauerlein, FAA's director of air traffic organization operations planning R&D, one of her "major objectives" is to get FAA and NASA to collaborate more closely on R&D work.
NASA is working on a low-cost transceiver for launch vehicles that would allow them to relay telemetry to the ground through the agency's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS).
GREENBELT, Md. - Before the end of spring, NASA plans to select the sequence of robotic orbiters and landers it will send to the moon to pave the way for astronauts to return by 2020. The Robotic Lunar Exploration Program (RLEP) will mark the first spacecraft launches directly supporting NASA's new vision for space exploration. Starting with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) in 2008, NASA expects to launch roughly one robotic lunar mission each year, all to be managed by Goddard Space Flight Center here.
