A control room, was the part of a ship or spaceship where the officer in charge, which was usually the admiral, captain or commander; took charge of ship operations.
Generally all of the main computer consoles that controlled navigation, scanning among other things; were located in the control room.
The vehicle usually could be operated by a pilot or helmsman in the control room as well. This was sometimes called the cockpit. But not all control rooms were located in spacecraft or watercraft. Sometimes the term control room was used to refer to where a flight controller aided in space missions.
A Flight Controller usually aided in space missions in buildings such as Houston Control or the Cape Courageous Master Control Center. There were many alternative names to control room as well, as seen below.
Alternate names
There were many different names used for control room, especially depending on what the control room was used for or where it was located. Control rooms were located in buildings, spacecraft, watercraft and other places.
Bridge was a name used to describe control rooms located in a ship or spaceship. Operations center, command center and operations room were also commonly used.
History
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Superman, Cyborg and Firestorm met Aliana in the control room of her ship.[2]
References
- ↑ As seen in the Superfriends season nine episode The Ghost Ship (September 14, 1985).
- ↑ As seen in the Superfriends season nine episode The Ghost Ship (September 14, 1985).