." When I was actually all around 16 or even 17, I stumbled upon this manual by Arthur C. Clarke phoned Room Odyssey 2001. That was really the initial sci-fi manual that I have actually ever read through. I was so captured by what he had written given that things that he wrote about weren't [occurring] in the outlying future, yet in the year 2001. In the book, he talks about a great deal concerning spaceport station, and also space shuttles that go up to the space station, and also vehicles that most likely to the Moon or the Moon center, and all that. I imply, these are conditions that you hear today all the time, right? And Arthur C. Clarke in fact imagined it at that time. So that interested me. I really hoped that at some point I could possibly work on one thing like that." In phrases of my learning, I was actually heading to enter the room engineering, yet after that someone urged me that mechanical engineering would certainly offer me a wider history. So I followed the recommendations, and also it was actually the appropriate point to do. I ended up finding out a great deal of points, certainly not simply mechanical engineering however additionally a whole lot about electrical design and systems engineering simultaneously." ... At that point an option possessed NASA. It was at that opportunity that they started talking about the spaceport station. Ronald Reagan during that time was the President, and also he recommended this effort to develop the spaceport station. During that time, he phoned the space station 'Liberty.'." I presumed, 'Wow, what a fantastic idea it would certainly be great if I might service that.'." And also of training course, a single thing triggered one more, and [I wound up working on the International Space Station.] So you never understand what you are actually going to wind up performing." I rely on coexistence sometimes. The many things that you do, somehow, result in your final place. Some unseen forces push you because path. When you look back, you discover that whatever meshes.".-- Douglas Wong, Solution Developer, ISS CRS Exploring Car Security & Mission Assurance Assimilation Focal, NASA's Johnson Room Center.Graphic Credit Scores: NASA/Bill StaffordInterviewer: NASA/Thalia Patrinos.Check out a few of our other Faces of NASA..