With great sorrow are we thinking of the tragedy of the Columbia space shuttle and are paying homage to the astronauts who sacrificed their lives in the great endeavour of space research, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Kaplana Chawla, Michael Anderson, David Brown, William McCool and the citizen of the State of Israel, Ilan Ramon. Their sacrifice must never be forgotten. We, members of the Conservative Party, deeply struck by the loss of these noble people, are expressing our sympathy to the people of Israel and to the people of the United States of America. We think that due to the respect to these victims the space research should continue.
Jan Foøt, M. D.
chairmen of the Conservative Party