International legal features of commercialization of space activity

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the study of the problem of commercialization of space activity in the outer space. The world market of the outer space services has been formed relatively recently, but it is developing very rapidly. With technology development, the humankind came to realization of the fact that it has become within its powers to bring artificial objects and then people to the outer space. The number of states leading their own research in the sphere of production of satellites, missile carriers, developing their own space programs and space tourism programs. Achievements in the research and exploitation of the outer space are one of the most important indices of the country development level. International cosmic organizations are organizations of production and commercial type that possess own space complexes, provide services on commercial basis, and pay high dividends to investors. The perspectives of commercialization of outer space activity, undoubtedly, will have positive impact to the economy and further exploration of outer space by states.� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � The objective of this work is a study of outer space activity commercialization issues. The�international space law is on the stage of active perfecting now. In connection with the development of outer space activity commercialization and space tourism, the legal sphere of outer space activity is in the process of reformatting. The international space law must provide the adequate basis for cooperation of states and their entities in commercial use of this utmost (and perspective for investors) space, and, correspondingly, provide more efficient outer space activity regulation. Commercialization of outer space activity results in increase of the importance of protection of data (information) having commercial value, and for this purpose creation of relevant international legal mechanism is deemed expedient. The scientific significance of the work is determined by the fact that the analysis of peculiarities of the process of outer space activity commercialization is made in it for the first time. Methodological and theoretical bases. The method of istorism is used in the work as the principal one. The method of analysis is an important instrument of the study of peculiarities of outer space activity in their inextricable connection with the key principles of international space law, discovery of problematic aspects of the commercialization process. The method of synthesis provided the possibility to expose in a successive order the obtained results and their correlation with the general objective.
Key words: outer space research, innovation technology, commercialization, priorities of outer space activity, «Baikonur» cosmodrome.