." When I was about 16 or 17, I encountered this book by Arthur C. Clarke phoned Room Odyssey 2001. That was actually the initial sci-fi manual that I have actually ever before read. I was so caught by what he had actually composed due to the fact that the many things that he wrote about weren't [happening] in the far future, yet in the year 2001. In guide, he refers to a lot about space stations, and also space shuttles that climb to the spaceport station, as well as cars that most likely to the Moon or even the Moon base, and all that. I suggest, these are actually terms that you hear now constantly, right? As Well As Arthur C. Clarke actually imagined it back then. To ensure interested me. I really hoped that at some point I could work with one thing like that." In phrases of my learning, I was in fact mosting likely to enter the room engineering, yet then an individual recommended me that technical engineering would certainly give me a broader history. So I complied with the advise, and also it was the correct thing to do. I ended up discovering a whole lot of things, certainly not simply mechanical engineering but also a great deal concerning electrical design and also bodies design together." ... At that point an opportunity possessed NASA. It was at that time that they started discussing the space station. Ronald Reagan during that time was actually the President, as well as he proposed this effort to establish the spaceport station. Back then, he called the spaceport station 'Independence.'." I presumed, 'Wow, what an amazing idea it will be excellent if I can work on that.'." And also of training course, one thing resulted in yet another, and also [I found yourself working with the International Spaceport Station.] So you certainly never recognize what you're mosting likely to find yourself performing." I care about coexistence often. The many things that you carry out, one way or another, lead to your ultimate location. Some unnoticeable pressures push you in that instructions. When you remember, you discover that everything fits together.".-- Douglas Wong, Unit Designer, ISS CRS Seeing Lorry Security & Objective Assurance Integration Focal, NASA's Johnson Space Facility.Photo Debt: NASA/Bill StaffordInterviewer: NASA/Thalia Patrinos.Browse through some of our various other Faces of NASA..