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.
Bottom Line. The average age that current U.S. retirees said they retired is now 61, compared with 59 in 2003 and 57 in 1993. It is likely that the average retirement age will continue to increase in the years ahead, as more nonretirees expect to delay their retirement past age 65.Americans' biggest financial concern is funding their retirement, with 61% saying they are worried about having enough money for it.hese results are from Gallup's annual Economy and Personal Finance survey, conducted April 4-14. The average retirement age has crept up by four years over the past two decades, from 57 in 1991 to the current 61.