comparative analysis, competition, legal tool, plan, program, public administering, space industry, state, tender, USA, Ukraine

Abstract

The article examines the issue of the space race in terms of the views of Soviet scientists and American scientists. The article cites normative legal acts, internal orders, and decrees of the Soviet era in the aspect of space activity for the period 1960 – 1964, which highlight the real state and attitude of the Soviet government toward the development of space activity. Certain contradictions regarding the demilitarisation of space in national and global aspects are analyzed. The irrelevance of the interaction between the development of space weapons and deterrence under the conditions of an increase in the number of space actors is highlighted. A transition from competition to cooperation in the aspect of longterm space stability is proposed

Keywords

• space security
• weaponization
• space race
• militarization and deterrence
• space activities
• soviet government