The US and USSR began discussions on the peaceful uses of space as early as 1958, presenting issues for debate to the United Nations, which created a Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in 1959.
早在1958年，美国和苏联就开始讨论太空的和平利用问题，并在联合国中提出议题，1959年联合国和平利用外层空间委员会成立。