German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer speaks to the media 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 speaks to the media 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 speaks to the media 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 speaks to the media 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)

Britain's Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson (L) and Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Liz Kendall (R) arrive to attend a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in central London on November 26, 2025, ahead of the government's budget presentation. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP via Getty Images)

Grace Fu, Singapore's minister for sustainability and the environment and minister-in-charge of trade relations, speaks at the opening ceremony of the World Robot Olympiad competition in Singapore on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Grace Fu, Singapore's minister for sustainability and the environment and minister-in-charge of trade relations, speaks at the opening ceremony of the World Robot Olympiad competition in Singapore on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Participants from more than 90 countries attend the opening ceremony of the World Robot Olympiad competition in Singapore on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP via Getty Images)