." When I was about 16 or 17, I stumbled upon this manual through Arthur C. Clarke got in touch with Area Odyssey 2001. That was really the first sci-fi publication that I've ever before checked out. I was actually just so captured through what he had written due to the fact that the things that he discussed weren't [happening] in the far-off future, yet in the year 2001. In guide, he refers to a great deal concerning spaceport station, and space shuttles that rise to the spaceport station, as well as lorries that visit the Moon or even the Moon center, and all that. I mean, these are actually terms that you hear now at all times, right? As Well As Arthur C. Clarke really pictured it back then. In order that was interesting to me. I hoped that at some point I can work on something like that." In phrases of my education and learning, I was actually mosting likely to enter the space engineering, but after that an individual encouraged me that technical design would offer me a broader background. So I followed the guidance, and also it was actually the appropriate thing to do. I ended up learning a great deal of traits, not just technical design but also a whole lot about electrical design and bodies engineering at the same time." ... After that a chance possessed NASA. It was at that time that they began speaking about the spaceport station. Ronald Reagan during that time was the President, and also he proposed this campaign to build the spaceport station. Back then, he called the space station 'Flexibility.'." I believed, 'Wow, what a fantastic idea it would be actually great if I could possibly work with that.'." And also of course, one point caused another, and [I ended up servicing the International Spaceport Station.] So you certainly never recognize what you are actually going to end up performing." I count on synchronicity at times. Things that you do, somehow, trigger your ultimate place. Some unseen powers press you in that instructions. When you look back, you realize that every little thing fits together.".-- Douglas Wong, Equipment Designer, ISS CRS Exploring Automobile Security & Objective Guarantee Integration Focal, NASA's Johnson Space Facility.Graphic Credit: NASA/Bill StaffordInterviewer: NASA/Thalia Patrinos.Have a look at some of our various other Faces of NASA..