The Mapmakers - Frederik Pohl (Novella)

"The Mapmakers" by Frederik Pohl Chapter 5 Genre: Science-fiction Year: 1983 Synopsis: "The Mapmakers" begins with the spaceship Terra II in a hyperspace accident. A micro-meteorite has penetrated three of the ship’s bulkheads, severely injuring a crew member and destroying the ship’s navigation system, which Pohl calls the Celestial Atlas. Lost in deep hyperspace and knowing they could be millions of lightyears from anywhere in the universe, Pohl adds several more obstacles in the path of the desperate spacefarers for good measure.