The EU funds the Copernicus program, among others, which is managed by the ESA. But it's not the case that the EU provides 93% of ESA's total funding, it provid

The EU funds the Copernicus program, among others, which is managed by the ESA. But it's not the case that the EU provides 93% of ESA's total funding, it provides on the order of 20%[1]. You seem to be quoting the 93% number from the table on Wikpedia[2]. That's not 93% from the EU, it's an aggregate 93% from countries that also happen to be members of the EU. 1. https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/ESA_and_the_EU https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/ESA_and_the_EU 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency