Navigation Officer Auguste Boudreau uses the primary beacons of distant galaxies, statistical analysis of stellar observations and successive mathematical approximations to check the position and velocity of the Leonora Christine. Captain Telander computes and orders, and Chief Engineer, also communications officer, Fedoroff executes, course changes which have become necessary because the ship's speed and direction vary with variations in the interstellar medium. Because of distance and the ship's varying position, maser communication with Luna cannot be maintained indefinitely and at last Fedoroff thinks that it has been lost.
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Kaor, Paul!
Dang! Now I'm tempted to reread TAU ZERO, despite having started reading Julian May's THE MANY COLORED LAND.
Sean
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