JSC Is Not Very Excited About NASA's Economic Impact on Texas (Update)

NASA: A Texas Institution with a Large Economic Impact, Texas Comptroller
“The Johnson Space Center (JSC) makes a $4.7 billion annual impact on the Texas economy and supports more than 52,000 jobs, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said today in a visit to the NASA facility as part of his Good for Texas Tour. JSC currently operates three facilities in Texas covering nearly 1,700 acres. It’s the site of Mission Control, which manages manned space missions, including the International Space Station, and serves as training center for the agency’s 38 active astronauts and 11 astronaut candidates.”
Keith’s note: Here is the Texas Comptroller’s report on NASA’s Economic Impact on Texas. You have to dig through their website to find it. Alas JSC does not provide a link to the report on its website.
Keith’s update: It took a while but JSC added a link to the report. I just did a news search. The first two results are press releases I posted on SpaceRef and an article by Aviation Week. That’s it. Otherwise no one else (as mentioned below) is paying attention.
NASA’s Chief Financial Officer is the former State Treasurer of Arizona. You’d think that he’d want to tell people about this. He is not. Given all of the rah rah rhetoric coming from NASA and the National Space Council on the economic potential of space you’d think that NASA HQ would mention this report. They do not.
You’d think that the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, the Commercial Spaceflight Federation , the Aerospace Industries Association, etc. would mention it. They do not. Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. Brian Babin, and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson make no mention either.
JSC Goes Out Of Its Way To Hide Good News (Update), earlier post
“This is silly. After the decision to put the Human Lander responsibility in Huntsville, NASA wants everyone to know how much of an impact NASA spending has in Texas. But unless you can make it to a room at JSC next Thursday you won’t be able to hear what is said. Johnson PAO apparently does not know how – or does not care to provide a simple dial-in for media – or an audio or video feed for people elsewhere to listen/watch. One would think that NASA would understand that this sort of news, while pertaining to Texas, has applicability to the region and can also raise awareness in other states with regard to NASA’s economic footprint. Given the sheer number of vendors for Artemis and other NASA programs, the entire country benefits.”