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How to Make a Spaceship: A band of renegades, an epic race and the birth of private space flight by Julian Guthrie

How to Make a Spaceship: A band of renegades, an epic race and the birth of private space flight: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How to Make a Spaceship: A band of renegades, an epic race and the birth of private space flight audiobook runs 16.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Shapiro (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.7listening hrs
Computers & Technologystore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish How to Make a Spaceship: A band of renegades, an epic race and the birth of private space flight at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.7 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 3,827 Computers & Technology audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

How to Make a Spaceship: A band of renegades, an epic race and the birth of private space flight is an audiobook by Julian Guthrie: a 16.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Shapiro, released September 22, 2016, on the Computers & Technology and Astronomy & Physics shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.7 hrs
Narrated by
Robert Shapiro
Released
September 22, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Computers & Technology, Astronomy & Physics
ISBN
9781473542556

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the How to Make a Spaceship: A band of renegades, an epic race and the birth of private space flight audiobook?

How to Make a Spaceship: A band of renegades, an epic race and the birth of private space flight runs 16.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.

Is the How to Make a Spaceship: A band of renegades, an epic race and the birth of private space flight audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates How to Make a Spaceship: A band of renegades, an epic race and the birth of private space flight?

How to Make a Spaceship: A band of renegades, an epic race and the birth of private space flight is narrated by Robert Shapiro.

Is How to Make a Spaceship: A band of renegades, an epic race and the birth of private space flight worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.6 hours.