How long does it take to read The Heavens and the Earth?
A Political History of the Space Age
The Heavens and the Earth by Walter A. McDougall takes about 10 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 11 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1985. 555 pages, about 152,625 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Astronautics and state, Astronautics, History, United States, Soviet Union, Weltraumwaffe
