Brussels, 03/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - Philippe Busquin, European Research Commissioner, offered his sympathy to the families of the astronauts who died in the explosion of the Columbia space shuttle on Saturday, as well as to the North American Space Agency (NASA). Pointing out the importance of solidarity and cooperation at world level for this kind of project, Mr Busquin mainly paid tribute to the courage of the men and women who risk their lives to make research and science move forward....