." When I was actually about 16 or 17, I encountered this manual by Arthur C. Clarke got in touch with Room Odyssey 2001. That was really the 1st science fiction manual that I've ever before gone through. I was so grabbed through what he had actually composed given that things that he blogged about weren't [taking place] in the far-off future, but in the year 2001. In guide, he refers to a lot concerning spaceport station, as well as 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 actually terms that you listen to now regularly, right? As Well As Arthur C. Clarke actually visualized it at that time. To ensure that interested me. I wished that one day I could service one thing like that." In conditions of my education, I was actually heading to go into the room engineering, yet at that point somebody urged me that technical engineering would provide me a wider background. So I followed the insight, and also it was actually the appropriate thing to carry out. I wound up finding out a great deal of points, certainly not only mechanical engineering however also a great deal regarding electric design and devices design concurrently." ... At that point an opportunity included NASA. It was at that opportunity that they began speaking about the spaceport station. Ronald Reagan during that time was the President, and he recommended this project to build the spaceport station. At that time, he called the spaceport station 'Liberty.'." I thought, 'Wow, what a thrilling principle it would certainly be actually excellent if I might service that.'." As well as of course, one point caused yet another, and also [I wound up working with the International Space Station.] So you certainly never understand what you are actually mosting likely to wind up doing." I care about coexistence at times. The things that you do, one way or another, cause your final location. Some undetectable powers press you during that direction. When you recall, you realize that everything meshes.".-- Douglas Wong, Unit Engineer, ISS CRS Going To Car Safety And Security & Purpose Affirmation Assimilation Focal, NASA's Johnson Room Center.Image Credit Report: NASA/Bill StaffordInterviewer: NASA/Thalia Patrinos.Browse through a number of our other Images of NASA..