National impacts. Output, sales, profits, and employment are estimated for each industry at the national level, and for each occupation the total number of jobs created nationwide is derived. State-specific effects. Output, sales, profits, and employment are estimated for each industry at the state level, for each occupation the total number of jobs created within every state is derived, and the tax revenues generated in the state are computed. Individual state impacts. For illustrative purposes, in-depth analyses of the effects on Indiana and Louisiana are conducted. The effects of only the procurement portion of the NASA budget are simulated, and, since the intent is to analyze the impact on the private sector, NASA Federal Civil Service employees are not included in the employment totals [5]. Benefits at the National Level We first determined the total (direct plus indirect) economic and employment impact at the national level of expenditures on the U.S. Space program, simulating the effects of the FY 1987 NASA procurement awards [6] on sales, earnings, profits, and employment within 80 all-inclusive industries. In 1987 the NASA procurement of $8.6 billion:
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