但是曾在美国航太局工作的人说，这些矿工们需要在狭小、拥挤且昼夜不分的地方生存下来，这种考验的的确和太空飞行有些许相似之处。

But their ordeal - survival in a small, cramped place with no discernable day or night - does have a few parallels to space flight, according to people who have worked closely with NASA.

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与其经受官僚机构的严苛考验，有些人干脆选择“离网飞行”，并且在起飞前不提交飞行计划，也不在当地的空中交通管理部门登记。

Rather than wade through this bureaucratic minefield, some simply choose to fly "off the grid" and not submit flight plans or check in with nearby air-traffic controllers before taking off.

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奎奈蒂克公司是在18个月以前开始制造这种最新的“西风”号飞行器，希望从现在起开始进行一年全面的军事考验。

QinetiQ began building the latest Zephyr model 18 months ago and hope to start full scale military trials a year from now.

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