What is "astrogator"

Usage examples of "astrogator".

Karen Lowe was an excellent astrogator, but a hyper voyage this long provided a great deal of scope for minor astrogation errors to produce major results.

Kelly trusted him to do a dry run for a transition approach on the computer, with Noguchi handling the tables and Kelly substituting for the astrogator by following records of the actual transition the ship had last made.

The programming was done orally, as is the case when the astrogator is working under extreme pressure from latest data, just before giving the crucial signal to boost past the speed of light.

Chief Computerman frequently consulted with, or simply visited with, the Astrogator at such times.

During the last twenty hours of the approach the Astrogator never left the control room, nor did anyone else other than for short periods when nominally off watch.

Twice he required the junior astrogator to reperform portions of his work and once elbowed him aside and did it himself.

In approaching a planet an astrogator can see his destination, directly or by radar, and his speed is just a few miles per second.

Max looked at him and wondered why he had ever longed to be an astrogator, ever been foolish enough to wish to bear this undivided and unendurable burden.

The Astrogator stood every watch with Max but required him to do the work and carry the responsibility himself.

Jones, as long as there is any faint hope that this ship will ever lift again, as long as we have crew to work her, no astrogator, no chartsman, no computerman will be relieved from duty for any reason whatsoever.

Although he failed to understand this result, he experienced a certain satisfaction in the knowledge that the astrogator could not put the blame on him.

Shortly after he awoke the next morning, he received a request from the astrogator via Ballmin, chief of the planetologists, to dispatch his entire material to the main laboratory.

Just before the technician switched off the light, Rohan managed to locate the white-haired cranium of the astrogator amid all the other heads.

The astrogator, dressed in his usual day uniform, stood in front of the big videoscreen.

Rohan had kept close to the astrogator, who seemed quite apprehensive.