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Daniel S. Goldin

Daniel Saul Goldin (born July 23, 1940) served as the 9th and longest-tenured Administrator of NASA from April 1, 1992, to November 17, 2001. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. He was appointed by President George H. W. Bush and served under three presidential administrations. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993

Born in New York City, Goldin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the City College of New York in 1962. The City of New York A Bachelor of Science ( BS, BSc or BSc in the UK; less commonly S The City College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as the City College of New York or simply City College, CCNY, or colloquially as He began his career at NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio that year, and worked on electric propulsion systems for human interplanetary travel. NASA John H Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field (see History for previous names is a NASA center located within the cities of Brook Park Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state

Goldin left NASA a few years later to work at the TRW Space and Technology Group in Redondo Beach, California. Redondo Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. During a 25-year career at TRW, Goldin eventually became Vice President and General Manager and led projects that conceptualized and produced advanced communication spacecraft, space technologies, and scientific instruments.

When Goldin returned to NASA as administrator, he pioneered the "faster, better, cheaper" approach that enabled NASA to cut costs while still delivering a wide variety of aerospace programs. The approach ultimately proved controversial with the loss of vital missions to Mars due to project management failures. During his administration, Goldin supervised projects such as the Mars Pathfinder, Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions, and the International Space Station. The Mars Pathfinder was launched on December 4, 1996 by NASA aboard a Delta II just a month after the Mars Global Surveyor The Hubble Space Telescope ( HST; also known colloquially as "the Hubble" or just "Hubble" is a space telescope that was carried into Goldin initially promoted a low-cost manned lunar project, but following the 1996 announcement that evidence had been found of biological activity on Martian meteorites the focus was shifted to unmanned Mars probes.

A criticism of Goldin's administration is that he failed to provide a far-sighted focus for NASA other than inherited projects. However, in mid-1999 he and senior Agency leadership quietly created the Decadal Planning Team and its successors, which paved the way for NASA's contribution to the Vision for Space Exploration. The NASA Decadal Planning Team (DPT and its successor the NASA Exploration Team (NExT were influential behind-the-scenes efforts to develop a major new direction The Vision for Space Exploration is the United States space policy announced on January 14, 2004 by U

In 1992, Goldin brought back the traditional NASA blue "meatball" logo. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA logo has three official designs although one of them (the "worm" has been retired from official use It had been replaced in 1975 by the NASA red "worm" logo. By 1997, Goldin had started a largely successful campaign within NASA to eradicate the "worm".

Near Appointment as President of Boston University

In 2003, Goldin was selected to be the ninth president of Boston University, but his contract was terminated a day before he took office at a cost of $1. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. Circumstances relating to a Daniel Goldin presidency of Boston University began in the summer of 2003 following the resignation of its eighth president Jon Westling the Trustees of 8 million.

Quotes

"My eyeball kept getting distorted more and more, so I became more and more nearsighted. At that time, if you had a detached retina due to the buildup of pressure on the eye you could go blind. In the Bronx, you played stickball and baseball and basketball in the school yard. I wasn't allowed to do that and I became different than my friends. I was self conscious. I wanted to be like them but I was forced by health reasons to be different. "
"The only thing I wanted to work on in my life was space. I would do it any way I could. "

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Preceded by Richard H. Truly	NASA Administrator 1992 - 2001	Succeeded by Daniel Mulville (acting)

Richard Harrison Truly (born November 12, 1937) is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, former Astronaut, and was the eighth Administrator Daniel R Mulville is an American engineer who served briefly as Acting Administrator of NASA in 2001

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