." When I was actually all around 16 or 17, I encountered this manual by Arthur C. Clarke called Room Journey 2001. That was really the first sci-fi manual that I have actually ever before read through. I was actually just so caught through what he had composed because things that he wrote about weren't [occurring] in the remote future, yet in the year 2001. In guide, he talks about a lot concerning spaceport station, and also space capsule that climb to the spaceport station, and motor vehicles that head to the Moon or even the Moon center, plus all that. I mean, these are actually terms that you hear today continuously, right? As Well As Arthur C. Clarke really visualized it at that time. To ensure that was interesting to me. I hoped that one day I might focus on something like that." In terms of my learning, I was actually mosting likely to go into the space design, yet at that point somebody suggested me that mechanical engineering would offer me a broader history. So I adhered to the tips, and also it was actually the appropriate factor to accomplish. I ended up discovering a great deal of things, certainly not just mechanical design but likewise a great deal regarding electric design as well as bodies engineering all at once." ... At that point a chance featured NASA. It went to that opportunity that they began talking about the spaceport station. Ronald Reagan at that time was the President, and also he recommended this effort to build the space station. Back then, he got in touch with the space station 'Flexibility.'." I thought, 'Wow, what an amazing principle it would certainly be actually fantastic if I could work on that.'." As well as of training course, the main thing led to one more, and also [I wound up focusing on the International Spaceport Station.] So you never know what you're visiting wind up carrying out." I rely on synchronicity sometimes. Things that you carry out, one way or another, lead to your ultimate location. Some unseen pressures press you in that instructions. When you remember, you understand that everything fits together.".-- Douglas Wong, Equipment Developer, ISS CRS Going To Car Protection & Mission Affirmation Combination Focal, NASA's Johnson Room Center.Picture Credit: NASA/Bill StaffordInterviewer: NASA/Thalia Patrinos.Visit a few of our other Faces of NASA..