中国新闻周刊:有专家说,尽管推迟了好多次,但“发现号”的这一次发射肯定是有史以来所有航天飞机发射中最安全的。您认为是这样吗?这种说法有没有考虑航天飞机的老化带来的危险因素? 迪勒:这种说法完全正确。事故发生以后的飞行是最安全的。这一次尤其如此。因为整个航天飞行已经被仔细地检查过, 查找了任何可能发生飞行安全事故的疑点。的确,老化的问题会发生在航天飞机 China Newsweek: Some experts said that despite the delay many times, this launch of Discovery is certainly the safest of all space shuttle launches ever. Do you think so? Has this not taken into account the risk factors associated with the aging of the space shuttle? Diller: This is perfectly correct. Flight after the accident is the safest. This is especially true this time. Because the entire space flight has been carefully inspected, any suspicion of a possible flight safety incident can be found. Indeed, the problem of aging occurs in the space shuttle