It takes the average reader 8 hours and 13 minutes to read SPACE SHUTTLE DECISION V1 PB by HEPPENHEIMER TA
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Heppenheimer looks back at the shuttle's technical antecedents such as the X-15 rocket plane and rocket booster technologies, and illuminates the principal personalities involved in the space shuttle decision and their motivations. He traces NASA's evolving programme goals, the technical calculations, political maneuvering, and fiscal constraints, and explains the myriad designs that preceded the shuttle concept. In closing, he looks in detail at the circumstances leading to the politically charged development decision of 1972.
SPACE SHUTTLE DECISION V1 PB by HEPPENHEIMER TA is 478 pages long, and a total of 123,324 words.
This makes it 161% the length of the average book. It also has 151% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 13 minutes to read SPACE SHUTTLE DECISION V1 PB aloud.
SPACE SHUTTLE DECISION V1 PB is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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