(Las Vegas, NV, 21 February 2006) - At the Renewable Fuels Association's 11th Annual National Ethanol Conference, Edenspace Systems Corporation today announced the election of Adm. Richard H. Truly (USN-ret.) to its Board of Directors. Adm. Truly served from 1997-2005 as Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and as Executive Vice President of Midwest Research Institute.

Mr. Bruce W. Ferguson, Edenspace's Chairman, President,and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are delighted to welcome Admiral Truly to the Edenspace Board. His deep understanding of alternative energy sources and energy industry infrastructure will be of tremendous help as Edenspace develops novel ways to lower the cost of renewable fuels."

Adm. Truly was Vice President of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1992-1997. He served as NASA's eighth Administrator under President George H.W. Bush from 1989-1992, following a distinguished career in U.S. aviation and space programs, retiring as a Vice Admiral in 1989 after a Navy career of more than 30 years. He was the first commander of Naval Space Command from 1983-1986, the principal naval space operations element of the Department of Defense and naval component of U.S. Space Command. His astronaut career included piloting the 747/Enterprise approach and landing tests in 1977. He lifted off in November 1981 as pilot aboard Columbia, the first shuttle to be reflown into space, establishing a world circular orbit altitude record.

Adm. Truly is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Active in national and community affairs, he has served on the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Naval Academy, the Defense Policy Board, the Army Science Board and the Naval Studies Board. He is a member of the National Research Council's Space Studies Board, the Colorado Governor's Commission on Science and Technology and the Regis University Board of Trustees. His numerous awards include membership in the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, the Early and Pioneer Naval Aviators Association ("The Golden Eagles"), the Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni and the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame.

Other members of the Edenspace Board of Directors include Mr. Bruce W. Ferguson, Chairman, President and co-founder of Edenspace; Ms. Heather R. Sandiford, Vice President and co-founder of Edenspace; Dr. H. Marc Cathey, former Director of the U.S. National Arboretum and former President of the American Horticultural Society; and Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt, Chairman of the NASA Advisory Council, former Apollo scientist-astronaut and former U.S. Senator.

Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, Edenspace Systems Corporation is a commercial leader in the use of plants for renewable fuels and environmental applications. Under cooperative agreements with Michigan State University, NREL, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Edenspace is engineering corn and switchgrass with traits to produce low-cost ethanol from plant biomass. The company received the Environmental Business Journal's Technology Award in 2004 and the DaimlerChrysler Environmental Excellence award in 1999. With expertise in plant science, environmental and soil science, genetics and agronomy, Edenspace is developing innovative, sustainable technologies to fulfill energy needs, improve human health, protect property values and restore the environment.