“发现”号航天飞机“重返飞行”之旅的过程,犹如美国航天局在全球公众面前“抖包袱”,从今年2月开始,发射日期一再推迟,特别是7月13日那次最后的故障,使航天局在发射前两个半小时取消了倒计时,悬念又一次“吊”了起来。到23日,航天局又突然宣布“确信”故障已排除,7月26日将再试一次发射。这个消息一时间让各媒体记者们手忙脚乱。本来我还在加州硅谷采访,编辑部一声命令,说要加强一下已在现场采访的同事的力量,立刻狼狈地收拾东西先赶回洛杉矶。24日深夜,我背着一个电脑包登上了横跨美国大陆的航班。 The “Return” journey of Discovery’s space shuttle is like NASA’s “tremors” in the face of the global public. Since February this year, the launch date has been postponed repeatedly, especially on July 13 Failure, so that NASA canceled two and a half hours before the countdown, suspense again “hanging” up. On the 23rd, the Space Administration suddenly announced that it was “sure” the fault was ruled out and that it will try again on July 26. The news for a time so that all media reporters are in a hurry. Originally, I was interviewed in Silicon Valley, California. The editorial board gave an order saying that it would reinforce the power of colleagues who had interviewed at the scene and immediately put them back in an awkward position to return to Los Angeles. Late on the 24th, I was carrying a computer bag boarded a flight across the continental United States.