It takes the average reader 12 hours to read This New Ocean: a History of Project Mercury by Loyd Swenson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
NASA's official history of Project Mercury, America's effort to get a man into space. Covers the development of the rocket boosters, the selection and training of the astronauts, the design of the Mercury spacecraft, the test launches, and all six manned Mercury flights, including Alan Shepard, the first American in space, and John Glenn, the first American in orbit.
This New Ocean: a History of Project Mercury by Loyd Swenson is 698 pages long, and a total of 180,084 words.
This makes it 236% the length of the average book. It also has 220% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 16 hours and 24 minutes to read This New Ocean: a History of Project Mercury aloud.
This New Ocean: a History of Project Mercury is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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