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| Photo of the navigation table (Image posted by Mykel Solo at https://www.facebook.com/yutani.studio/ on May 15th 2019 |
a) Navigational maps
At the back of the bridge behind the flight-control sections,
was a large underlit navigation table.
They
ordered transparent sheets of maps of the star systems from Stanfords
in Covent Garden, to lay on the table in the mess room.
They needed navigation
instruments as well, as Roger worked out that even if they had a computer
controlled ship, they always had backups and old fashioned maps in case
the systems failed. Again Roger was thinking about ship movies with the captain
working out sea routes and adapted the ideas to space to keep a
familiarity.
- Roger Christian: At
the back of the bridge behind the flight-control sections, was a large
underlit navigation table. Stanfords, the huge map store in Covent
Garden, had transparent sheets of maps of the star systems so we ordered
some of those to lay on the table. We needed navigation instruments as
well, and I figured that even if they had a computer controlled ship,
they always had backups and old fashioned maps in case the systems
failed. Again I related to ship movies with the captain working out sea
routes and adapted the ideas to space to keep a familiarity.(Cinema Alchemist, published 19 April 2016)
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| Stanfords in Covent Garden |
b) See also: Alien: The Middle Heavens
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