Staff
Editorial
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Ben Iannotta
Editor-in-Chief
|beni@aiaa.org
Ben keeps the magazine and its news coverage on the cutting edge of journalism. He began working for the magazine in the 1990s as a freelance contributor and became editor-in-chief in 2013. He was editor of C4ISR Journal and has written for Air & Space Smithsonian, New Scientist, Popular Mechanics, Reuters and Space News.
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Cat Hofacker
Associate Editor
|catherineh@aiaa.org
Cat helps guide our coverage, keeps production of the magazine on schedule and copy edits all articles. She became associate editor in 2021 after two years as our staff reporter. Cat joined us in 2019 after covering the 2018 congressional midterm elections as an intern for USA Today.
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Paul Brinkmann
Staff Reporter
|paulb@aiaa.org
Paul covers advanced air mobility, space launches and more for our website and the monthly magazine. Paul joined us in 2022 and is based near Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He previously covered aerospace for United Press International and the Orlando Sentinel.
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Christine Williams
Editor, AIAA Bulletin
|ChristineW@aiaa.org
Christine is in charge of the magazine’s AIAA Bulletin section, a compendium of news and information about AIAA’s many initiatives and the important work of its 30,000 members in the United States and abroad. Christine became AIAA Bulletin editor in 2000.
Contributors
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Keith Button
Contributor
|buttonkeith@gmail.com
Keith has written for C4ISR Journal and Hedge Fund Alert, where he broke news of the 2007 Bear Stearns hedge fund blowup that kicked off the global credit crisis. He is based in New York.
Latest articles from Keith:
Targeting net-zero 2050 with a better engine core
July/August 2024
VIPER’s AI assistant
June 2024
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Moriba Jah
Contributor
|moriba@network.net
Moriba Jah is an astrodynamicist, space environmentalist and associate professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin. An AIAA fellow and MacArthur fellow, he’s also chief scientist of startup Privateer Space.
Latest articles from Moriba:
Two ideas to help FCC curb orbital debris
July/August 2024
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Jon Kelvey
Contributor
|jonkelvey@gmail.com
Jon previously covered space for The Independent in the U.K. His work has appeared in Air and Space Smithsonian, Slate and the Washington Post. He is based in Maryland.
Latest articles from Jon:
4 reasons to root for quantum computing
July/August 2024
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Paul Marks
Contributor
|paulmarks@internet.com
Paul is an award-winning journalist in London focused on technology, cybersecurity, aviation and spaceflight. A regular contributor to the BBC, New Scientist and The Economist, his current interests include electric aviation and innovation in new space.
Latest articles from Paul:
Meet Liberty Lifter
June 2024
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Jonathan O'Callaghan
Contributor
|jonathan.d.ocallaghan@gmail.com
Jonathan is a London-based space and science journalist who specializes in covering commercial spaceflight, space exploration and astrophysics. A regular contributor to Scientific American and New Scientist, his work has also appeared in Forbes, The New York Times, Wired and elsewhere.
Latest articles from Jonathan:
Taking Artemis’ measure
June 2024
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Debra Werner
Contributor
|werner.debra@gmail.com
A longtime contributor to Aerospace America, Debra is also a correspondent for Space News on the West Coast of the United States.
Publishing
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Dan Dumbacher
Publisher
Dan is CEO of AIAA. In three decades at NASA, he managed the DC-XA vertical landing rocket; served as deputy manager of the X-33 program; and was director of engineering at Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. Dan capped his NASA career as the deputy associate administrator in charge of the Space Launch System, Orion crew capsule and related ground systems. Astronauts presented Dan with their Silver Snoopy Award in 2014 for his contributions to spaceflight safety. He joined AIAA in 2018 from Purdue University in Indiana, where he was a professor of engineering practice.