(From L) German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Irish Minister of State for Small Businesses and Retail and Circular Economy Alan Dillon and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher pose for the medias during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

(From L) German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, British Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Elizabeth Lloyd and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher pose for the medias during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

(From L) German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Vincent Karremans and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher pose for the medias during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

Richard Szabados, Hungarian State Secretary for SME Development, Technology and Defence Industry, poses for a photo prior to the start of the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

(From L) German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Sigrid Rajalo and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher pose for the medias during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

(From L) German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, European Space Sciences Chair Chris Rapley and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher pose for the medias during the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer (C-L) and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher (C-R) arrive to chair the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer and ERSA General Director Josef Aschbacher chair the European Space Agency (ESA) ministerial meeting at the Congress Centrum in Bremen, northern Germany, on November 26, 2025. Ministers from the 23 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) meet in the Hanseatic city for two days to discuss the strategic direction of European spaceflight. (Photo by FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP via Getty Images)