It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read The Design and Engineering of Curiosity by Emily Lakdawalla
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This book describes the most complex machine ever sent to another planet: Curiosity. It is a one-ton robot with two brains, seventeen cameras, six wheels, nuclear power, and a laser beam on its head. No one human understands how all of its systems and instruments work. This essential reference to the Curiosity mission explains the engineering behind every system on the rover, from its rocket-powered jetpack to its radioisotope thermoelectric generator to its fiendishly complex sample handling system. Its lavishly illustrated text explains how all the instruments work -- its cameras,...
The Design and Engineering of Curiosity by Emily Lakdawalla is 394 pages long, and a total of 100,076 words.
This makes it 133% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read The Design and Engineering of Curiosity aloud.
The Design and Engineering of Curiosity is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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