Keith’s note: NASAWatch turns 28 on 1 Apr 2024 (not a joke). It started as “NASA RIFWatch” on 1 Apr 1996 with this post “RIF at NASA In Summer 1997?”. The website was first hosted on a Mac Classic II on a 128 kbps ISDN line in a little condo in Reston, Virginia (see 20 Years Ago Today: The Seeds of NASAWatch). I sincerely doubt there will be many future birthdays for this website. Besides, Dan Goldin and I have a mutual admiration society thing going over on LinkedIn 😲. Meanwhile, here are a few things from those early days that are still online:

• Rogue Webmasters, Government Executive, 1 Oct 1996
• NASA’s Most Important Asset, Gerry Griffin, 31 December 1996
• Changes in Thinking At NASA November 29, 1996, PBS News Hour

"I am still holding out hope that the ISS will be the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize" Bolden — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 9, 2020 "NASA is the greatest instrument of soft power that this nation has." – Bolden — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 9, 2020 Irene Klotz @Free_Space managed to snag 3 former @NASA Administrators – Dan Goldin, Sean O'Keefe, Charle Bolden. pic.twitter.com/8PCuulk6IT — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October […]

Keith’s note: I had a rather special guest visit me today at the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) at Building 596 (aka “McMoon’s”) at NASA Ames Research Center. Dan Goldin. Having Dan visit was really cool. It was great to have him stop by and visit our rebel operation. I really enjoyed showing him around. Dan asked a string of very sharp, cogent questions and offered us some valuable […]

Dan Goldin received a grand send off last night at the Watergate in Washington DC while a crowd of 250 looked on. The settings were lavish – standard fare for the soirees that movers and shakers frequent here in Washington. The crowd was a curious mix of people from Washington’s political, industry, government, and media circles – all of whom paid $75 for either salmon or chicken as Dan Goldin was lauded for his accomplishments.