commercial space transportation the economic impact of on us economy 2004 february 2006 hq003806 indd table contents executive summary 1 introduction 3 study objectives 4 industries included in analysis 5 approach 6 rims ii model source data 7 measuring impacts 8 activity 11 most affected 14 job 15 launch vehicle manufacturing sector 16 aday life a ceo 21 comparisons 23 employment 24 industry 29 emerging markets for future consideration 30 public travel real time remote sensing applications broadband services 31 appendices 33 appendix methodology 34 b selection 37 office federal aviation administration is latest by s faa ast influence nation it provides quantitative extent to which and enabled together