." Coming from my earliest youth, trip had constantly spellbinded me. I lived out in the boonies as well as the farmlands, so I really did not have neighbors to go and enjoy with. If I wasn't operating, I was actually left to my personal tools, as well as often, I will only be mesmerized due to the wild animals and particularly, the beast of preys that I would see." To me, they embodied a liberty of some kind or even yet another. These birds as well as the sight they possess-- they may consume so much. Therefore, coming from that point on, I understood I would like to be involved in trip as well as flying." I [taken pleasure in] all things air travel, all factors spaceflight. I couldn't receive good enough of it. I came to be a devoted reader, whereas previously, I had not been much of a viewers. I could not get enough component to read about my heroes from tour as well as area. They became my good example as well as the pathway that they took included, eventually or even another, a rather thorough education and also dedication to perform properly academically, literally, or athletically. So, I threw on my own into that entire type of mentality." When I was working for the Flying force, I had the ability to soar and focus on plane that I will fantasize about, considering in the journals Flying Full week and Room Modern Technology. Here they are, best facing me." ... So, my career has actually been as close as possible to that of an air travel test developer. And then, right on the heels of being actually mesmerized by atmospheric air travel, working in human spaceflight has placed me over the Moon.".-- Dr. Donald Mendoza, Main Engineer, NASA Design & Safety And Security Facility, NASA's Ames Research Center.Image Credit Report: NASA/Dominic HartInterviewer: NASA/Thalia Patrinos.Take a look at some of our various other Images of NASA.