Advanced Space Law (Jun 2022)

Space Science and Education: Legal Analysis of the Experience of China and Ukraine

  • Ihor Hlobenko,
  • Maksym Baryshnikov,
  • Anelia Kudin,
  • Alexander Krupytskyi,
  • Alexander Levenko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/9/1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9
pp. 4 – 14

Abstract

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The article analyzes the legal experience of space science and education in China and Ukraine. It is proved that the legal and organizational regulation of the space industry of China and Ukraine reflects different trends. China has progressed in space science and education, while Ukraine has stagnated. China has taken the best of Soviet and Western expertise. Ukraine was left with the worst achievements of the Soviet-era public administration and did not introduce the competitive mechanisms of Western society. It is concluded that individual scientists and designers in Ukraine have preserved their outstanding potential in space research. Ukrainian space education has a long and illustrious history.

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