PRESS RELEASE
November 10, 2003

BURT RUTAN NAMED "BUSINESS LEADER IN AEROSPACE" on the "SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN 50"

NEW YORK, November 10 - Burt Rutan has been named by Scientific American magazine as one of the "Scientific American 50" - the noted magazine's annual list recognizing outstanding acts of leadership in technology from the past year.

Announced today, the Scientific American 50 appears in the magazine's December issue, arriving on newsstands November 25. The complete list may also be accessed on the magazine's website as of November 10 at www.sciam.com.

Said Editor-In-Chief John Rennie: "Scientific American is in the business of encouraging the progressive use of technology to make a better future for people around the world. Every year we watch how certain individuals and organizations play pivotal roles in directing that future's emergence. The Scientific American 50 is our chance to shine a light on these incredibly deserving leaders in research, industry and policy."

Selected by the magazine's Board of Editors with the help of distinguished outside advisors, the Scientific American 50 spotlights a Research Leader of the Year, a Business Leader of the Year and a Policy Leader of the Year. In addition it cites research, business and policy leaders in many technological categories, including Agriculture, Chemicals & Materials, Communications, Computing, Energy, Environment, Medical Treatments and more.

Quote from Burt Rutan, Scientific American 50 Leader: "I am honored to be included in the Scientific American 50. Certainly a program like the SpaceShipOne is the exciting type of effort that motivates employees to do their best. Providing leadership to make that happen has been a joy. We at Scaled Composites are excited about the challenges of this program and its historical applications. We thank Scientific American for including us in this prestigious list."

Burt Rutan is named Business Leader in Aerospace because of his work of the last year in designing a reusable sub-orbital passenger spacecraft called SpaceShipOne.

Founded in 1845, editorial contributors to Scientific American have included over 100 Nobel laureates, among them Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, Francis Crick, Stanley Prusiner and Harold Varmus. Scientific American, Inc. is a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, a U.S. subsidiary of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbtinck GmbH, a privately held international media corporation operating in more than 40 countries. In addition to Scientific American, Holtzbrinck Publishers includes the book publishing houses Farrar, Straus & Giroux; W.H. Freeman: Henry Holt and Company; St. Martin's Press and Tor; the academic scholarly publishing company Palgrave U.S.; the College Publishing Group of Bedford Freeman Worth; and the distribution company VHPS.

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