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.
President Bush's vision for space exploration is "winning" on Capitol Hill, but is likely to progressively eat into NASA's space science budget as the years pass, according to Bob Palmer, Democratic staff director for the House Science Committee.
NASA and Northrop Grumman will spend the next few weeks refining the details of their codesigned Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) spacecraft, before turning their attention early next year to devising firm cost estimates for the ambitious mission in anticipation of its first major program review.
The sudden loss of Intelsat's Americas-7 satellite on Nov. 28 due to an electrical anomaly is not expected to seriously threaten the proposed sale of Intelsat to Zeus Holdings Ltd., according to a space analyst. Bermuda-based Zeus Holdings is a company formed by private equity firms Apax Partners, Permira, Apollo Management and Madison Dearborn Partners. Under the terms of the proposed sale, Zeus has the right to back out following the spacecraft's loss.
