Today, it costs $10,000 to put a pound of payload in Earth orbit. NASAâs goal is to reduce the cost of getting to space to hundreds of dollars per pound within 25 years and tens of dollars per pound within 40 years.he Fastrac engine is a 60,000-pound-thrust engine that will be used for the first powered flight of NASAâs X-34 technology demonstrator. Fastrac is less expensive than similar engines because of an innovative design approach that uses commercial, off-the-shelf parts and fewer of them.
The average life span in 1870 for a female was 25 and  for a male was 18. This is much lower coâ¦mpared to 1980 when the  average for women was 76 and for men 67. The average ages of death  for the last decade 2000-2010 was 78 for both sexes.
According to the latest figures, average life expectancy in the United States is 77.6 years, compared with 75.4 in 1990, reports the July issue of the Harvard Health Letter. Furthermore, old age begets older age. Today, a 65-year-old American man can expect to live to 81.6; if he reaches the age of 85, he can expect to live to see 90. Women still outlive menâalthough the gap is closingâbut the same demographic pattern holds. Old age adds to life expectancy.