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Daniel Goldin

American engineer

Also known as: Daniel Saul Goldin

Written by John M. Logsdon

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In full:: Daniel Saul Goldin

Born:: July 23, 1940, New York City, New York, U.S. (age 83)

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Daniel Goldin (born July 23, 1940, New York City, New York, U.S.) American engineer who was the longest-serving National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) administrator (1992–2001) and who brought a new vision to the U.S. space agency and a concentration on “faster, better, cheaper” programs to achieve that vision. Goldin received a B.S. in engineering from the City College of New York in 1962 and joined NASA’s Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, where he worked on advanced propulsion technology. He left NASA in 1966 to join the TRW Space and Technology Group in Redondo Beach, California, where for 25 years ...(100 of 296 words)

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