How Long to Read Stages to Saturn: a Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles

How Long Does it Take to Read Stages to Saturn: a Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 8 minutes to read Stages to Saturn: a Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles by Professor Roger E Bilstein

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The gigantic Saturn V launch vehicle may well be the first and last of its kind. Subsequent space ventures will be based on new vehicles, such as the smaller, reusable Space Shuttle. Manned launches in the near future will be geared to orbital missions rather than planetary excursions, and unmanned deep-space missions will not demand the very high thrust boosters characteristic of the Apollo program. As the space program moves into the future, it also appears that the funding for elaborate "big booster" missions will not be forthcoming for NASA. The Saturn V class of launch vehicles are the end of the line of the Saturn generation. It is not likely that anything like them will ever be built again. Because of the commanding drama of the awesome Saturn V, it is easy to forget the first Saturns, the Saturn I and Saturn IB. This history is an attempt to give due credit to these pioneering vehicles, to analyze the somewhat awkward origins of the Saturn I as a test bed for static testing only, not as an operational vehicle, and to discuss the uprated Saturn IB as an interim booster for the orbital testing of the first Apollo capsules. This book is a technological history. To many contemporaries the narrative may read too much like a technical manual, but the author's concern is for posterity, when the technical manuals may be lost or dispersed and knowledgeable participants have passed on. The narrative approach was largely predicated on questions that might well be asked by future generations: How were the Saturns made? How did they work?

How long is Stages to Saturn: a Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles?

Stages to Saturn: a Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles by Professor Roger E Bilstein is 536 pages long, and a total of 137,216 words.

This makes it 181% the length of the average book. It also has 168% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Stages to Saturn: a Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 29 minutes to read Stages to Saturn: a Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles aloud.

What Reading Level is Stages to Saturn: a Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles?

Stages to Saturn: a Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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