Let's make this birthday one to remember.

84 years old (Born on July 23, 1940)

Happy birthday, Dan Goldin! As the NASA chief who famously pushed exploration to new heights—literally—you brought us Mars missions and insisted everything be "faster, better, cheaper." Honestly though: were you secretly pricing rockets at a yard sale? Either way it worked (mostly), so cheers for boldly making space innovation affordable enough even accountants started dreaming of stars.

Your vision set incredible milestones aboard Galileo's Jupiter escapades and Pathfinder’s martian strolls. Not bad achievements when most people's biggest ’90s milestone was surviving dial-up internet without losing sanity. Wishing you another orbit around the sun filled with endless discovery—and fewer budget meetings!