FAA: Commercial space boosted U.S. economy by $61.3 billion in 1999

Commercial space transportation generated some $61.3 billion in U.S. economic activity during 1999, including $16.4 billion in earnings by some 497,000 workers employed as a direct or indirect result of private-sector space activity, according to the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation...

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