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Daniel Goldin (born July 23, 1940, New York City, New York, U.S.) is an 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 ā€œfaster, better, cheaperā€ 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...