." When I was actually around 16 or even 17, I came across this publication through Arthur C. Clarke called Area Journey 2001. That was really the very first science fiction publication that I have actually ever gone through. I was actually so caught by what he had composed because things that he wrote about weren't [occurring] in the far-off future, but in the year 2001. In the book, he discusses a lot about space stations, and also space shuttles that climb to the spaceport station, as well as lorries that visit the Moon or even the Moon base, plus all that. I suggest, these are phrases that you listen to right now regularly, right? As Well As Arthur C. Clarke actually visualized it back then. So that interested me. I hoped that someday I can work with one thing like that." In terms of my education and learning, I was in fact heading to go into the room engineering, but then someone suggested me that mechanical design would certainly give me a broader background. So I observed the advice, and it was the ideal thing to accomplish. I found yourself finding out a great deal of things, certainly not only technical design however also a lot about power design as well as bodies engineering together." ... Then an opportunity included NASA. It went to that time that they began referring to the space station. Ronald Reagan during that time was actually the President, and he suggested this campaign to establish the space station. During that time, he called the space station 'Independence.'." I thought, 'Wow, what an exciting idea it would certainly be actually great if I could work with that.'." And also of program, the main thing resulted in another, as well as [I ended up working with the International Spaceport Station.] So you never recognize what you're going to find yourself doing." I count on synchronicity sometimes. Things that you do, somehow, cause your ultimate destination. Some invisible powers drive you during that instructions. When you recall, you discover that every thing meshes.".-- Douglas Wong, Equipment Designer, ISS CRS Exploring Motor Vehicle Protection & Goal Guarantee Integration Focal, NASA's Johnson Space Facility.Image Credit: NASA/Bill StaffordInterviewer: NASA/Thalia Patrinos.Look at several of our various other Images of NASA..