." Coming from my earliest childhood, air travel had always astounded me. I endured in the boonies as well as the farmlands, so I really did not have neighbors to go as well as have fun with. If I wasn't working, I was actually delegated to my very own devices, and often, I would simply be actually astounded due to the wild animals as well as specifically, the raptors that I would certainly view." To me, they stood for a liberty of some kind or even an additional. These birds as well as the view they possess-- they may consume so much. So, coming from that point on, I recognized I desired to be actually associated with flight and also flying." I [enjoyed] all things trip, all points spaceflight. I couldn't receive enough of it. I came to be an experienced viewers, whereas previously, I wasn't much of an audience. I could not acquire enough material to read about my heroes from air travel and also space. They became my shining example as well as the path that they took included, eventually or another, a quite rigorous education as well as devotion to carry out properly academically, physically, or athletically. So, I tossed myself in to that whole type of mentality." When I was working for the Flying force, I was able to soar and work with aircraft that I will dream approximately, checking out in the publications Aeronautics Week as well as Space Innovation. Here they are actually, correct facing me." ... Therefore, my job has been actually as close as feasible to that of an air travel examination developer. And afterwards, precisely the heels of being actually mesmerized through atmospherical air travel, working in human spaceflight has actually put me over the Moon.".-- Physician Donald Mendoza, Chief Designer, NASA Design & Security Center, NASA's Ames Proving ground.Picture Debt: NASA/Dominic HartInterviewer: NASA/Thalia Patrinos.Check out a number of our other Faces of NASA.