." When I was actually around 16 or 17, I found this book through Arthur C. Clarke got in touch with Room Odyssey 2001. That was really the 1st science fiction manual that I have actually ever before gone through. I was so caught by what he had composed due to the fact that the important things that he discussed weren't [happening] in the outlying future, however in the year 2001. In guide, he refers to a whole lot about spaceport station, and also space capsule that go up to the space station, and motor vehicles that most likely to the Moon or even the Moon center, and all that. I imply, these are actually terms that you listen to now at all times, right? And Arthur C. Clarke actually imagined it back then. To ensure that was interesting to me. I hoped that one day I might work on one thing like that." In conditions of my learning, I was in fact heading to go into the space design, yet at that point a person suggested me that technical design will provide me a wider history. So I observed the suggestions, and also it was the right factor to perform. I wound up learning a lot of points, not just mechanical engineering yet additionally a lot regarding electric engineering and also systems engineering concurrently." ... Then a possibility came with NASA. It was at that time that they began speaking about the space station. Ronald Reagan at that time was the Head of state, and he recommended this effort to build the space station. At that time, he phoned the spaceport station 'Freedom.'." I believed, 'Wow, what an amazing principle it would be actually excellent if I could work with that.'." And also of program, the main thing triggered one more, as well as [I found yourself working with the International Spaceport Station.] So you certainly never understand what you're visiting wind up carrying out." I care about synchronicity in some cases. Things that you carry out, one way or another, trigger your ultimate location. Some unnoticeable pressures push you because instructions. When you remember, you understand that everything fits together.".-- Douglas Wong, Equipment Designer, ISS CRS Checking Out Vehicle Safety And Security & Objective Assurance Integration Focal, NASA's Johnson Space Center.Image Debt: NASA/Bill StaffordInterviewer: NASA/Thalia Patrinos.Check out a few of our various other Faces of NASA..