NSS Says Designs "Have Changed The World Forever"
The National Space Society (NSS) announced Tuesday famed
aircraft and spacecraft designer Burt Rutan will receive the
Heinlein award for lifetime achievement in aerospace. The award,
which is given out every two years, will be bestowed upon Rutan by
CNN correspondent Miles O'Brien at the Gala dinner of the 27th
Annual International Space Development Conference (ISDC) taking
place at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington DC on Friday, May
30, 2008.