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Popular Mechanics' breakthrough awards
Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards.
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The magazine Popular Mechanics highlights the recipients of its annual Breakthrough Awards in its November 2006 issue.
The Leadership Award was presented to Burt Rutan, the aerospace engineer who was behind the first plane to circle the globe nonstop (Voyager, in 1986) and the first private craft to take a pilot to space, twice within two weeks — SpaceShipOne, which won the Ansari X Prize in 2004.
Other winners included:
- MIT scientists Angela Belcher, Yet-Ming Chiang and Paula Hammond for their work in viral manufacturing;
- Richard Bourgeois and his GE colleagues for their development of a low-cost hydrogen electrolyzer; and
- Jock Brandis for his invention of a low-cost, virtually indestructible peanut-shelling machine.
To learn more about the 2006 Breakthrough Award winners, visit: http://www.popularmechanics.com/breakthroughawards
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