." When I was actually around 16 or even 17, I came upon this publication by Arthur C. Clarke contacted Space Odyssey 2001. That was actually the very first sci-fi publication that I've ever gone through. I was actually just so recorded through what he had composed since things that he covered weren't [happening] in the far-off future, yet in the year 2001. In guide, he speaks about a lot about space stations, and also space shuttles that climb to the spaceport station, and cars that visit the Moon or the Moon center, and all that. I indicate, these are phrases that you hear today regularly, right? As Well As Arthur C. Clarke in fact imagined it during that time. So that was interesting to me. I wished that at some point I can work with something like that." In conditions of my education, I was actually mosting likely to go into the room engineering, however after that someone suggested me that mechanical design would certainly give me a broader background. So I complied with the guidance, and also it was actually the correct factor to carry out. I wound up learning a lot of traits, certainly not just mechanical design but additionally a great deal regarding electric engineering as well as devices engineering simultaneously." ... Then a chance featured NASA. It was at that opportunity that they began speaking about the space station. Ronald Reagan during that time was actually the President, as well as he suggested this campaign to establish the spaceport station. During that time, he got in touch with the space station 'Freedom.'." I believed, 'Wow, what an amazing idea it would certainly be actually excellent if I could possibly service that.'." And of training course, a single thing led to one more, and also [I wound up working on the International Spaceport Station.] So you never know what you're heading to wind up performing." I care about synchronicity often. The things that you perform, somehow, result in your last location. Some unnoticeable powers drive you because instructions. When you remember, you discover that every little thing meshes.".-- Douglas Wong, Equipment Designer, ISS CRS Checking Out Motor Vehicle Protection & Purpose Assurance Assimilation Focal, NASA's Johnson Room Facility.Image Credit: NASA/Bill StaffordInterviewer: NASA/Thalia Patrinos.Look at a number of our various other Images of NASA..