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Published on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The space industry in Arizona generates $252 million annually and accounts for about 3,300 jobs. That’s what a first-ever study by the University of Arizona has found.
Nearly half of the economic impact – $120 million – and 57 percent of the jobs in the industry come from the UA itself, according to the study.
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In particular, the research credited investments by NASA and the National Science Foundation as the impetus for the job creation.
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