." When I was all around 16 or even 17, I came across this book through Arthur C. Clarke contacted Space Odyssey 2001. That was really the initial sci-fi publication that I have actually ever reviewed. I was actually so recorded through what he had actually composed because things that he covered weren't [happening] in the far-off future, but in the year 2001. In the book, he speaks about a whole lot regarding spaceport station, and space shuttles that rise to the spaceport station, and vehicles that visit the Moon or even the Moon center, plus all that. I mean, these are actually conditions that you hear right now constantly, right? As Well As Arthur C. Clarke actually imagined it back then. To ensure that was interesting to me. I really hoped that one day I could possibly focus on one thing like that." In terms of my learning, I was really going to enter into the room design, but then someone suggested me that technical design would certainly provide me a more comprehensive background. So I adhered to the assistance, and also it was actually the ideal trait to perform. I ended up knowing a lot of things, certainly not merely mechanical design yet also a lot concerning power design as well as units design concurrently." ... At that point an option featured NASA. It was at that opportunity that they started speaking about the spaceport station. Ronald Reagan at that time was the Head of state, and also he suggested this effort to cultivate the spaceport station. Back then, he contacted the space station 'Flexibility.'." I thought, 'Wow, what an amazing principle it will be great if I could service that.'." And also of program, the main thing brought about yet another, and also [I wound up working with the International Spaceport Station.] So you never ever recognize what you are actually mosting likely to find yourself performing." I count on synchronicity occasionally. The important things that you perform, somehow, trigger your last place. Some invisible forces press you in that instructions. When you recall, you understand that everything meshes.".-- Douglas Wong, Equipment Developer, ISS CRS Going To Vehicle Protection & Goal Guarantee Combination Focal, NASA's Johnson Room Center.Image Credit Rating: NASA/Bill StaffordInterviewer: NASA/Thalia Patrinos.Check out several of our other Images of NASA..