Daniel Goldin

Daniel S. Goldin

Daniel Saul Goldin (born July 23, 1940 in New York City , New York State , USA ) was from April 1, 1992 to November 17, 2001 the ninth and longest serving NASA administrator to this day . He was nominated by US President George HW Bush .

Goldin received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the City College of New York in 1962 . He began his career that same year at NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland , Ohio , working on electric propulsion systems for manned interplanetary space travel.

Goldin left NASA a few years later and worked for the TRW Space and Technology Group in Redondo Beach , California . During his 25 year career at TRW, Goldin became Vice President and General Manager and led projects in which new communications satellites, space technologies and scientific instruments were designed and built.

When Goldin became NASA administrator, he founded the “Faster, Better, Cheaper” concept, with which NASA could simultaneously reduce costs and still carry out a large number of space projects. However, after the loss of two Mars probes, this concept was also criticized. His term of office also included successful projects such as the Mars robot Mars Pathfinder , maintenance missions for the Hubble space telescope and the International Space Station ISS .

In 2002 the asteroid (16529) Dangoldin was named after him.

In 2003, Goldin was selected as the ninth President of Boston University . However, his contract was canceled one day before he took office.

Goldin is married and has two daughters.

Web links

• NASA: Biography (English)