Аннотация:From 1972 to the present, the “space pause” continues — the piloted ships in it do not rise above the low earth orbit. At the same time, space has fundamentally changed the information field of mankind. Large-scale plans promoted since the 1960s for the space mastering, were gradually canceled. The place of Russia in the world space industry development has changed. The country that opened the way to space for the world is now playing a “space taxi” role to a large extent. It is necessary to shift priorities to space information and technological programs, to give preference to devices and systems using artificial intelligence for working in space. And the main thing is not to solve short-term tasks, but to dream of great goals and implement plans to achieve them. The article purpose is to reveal the reasons for the “space pause” and try to outline the ways to bring out of crisis the Russian space industry. Different methods were used: system analysis, management theory, self-organization theory, artificial intelligence theory, international comparisons, the future designing methods.