About the book: 1986 / V. MORA. “Conversations about Soviet science” During his trip to the Soviet Union in 1983, V. Mora met with many representatives of Soviet science, specialists in various fields of knowledge. Among those whom the author interviewed were a biologist and physicist, an astronaut and astronomer, a cardiologist and an ethnographer. Literary interests prompted the author to meet with the editor of a scientific journal, a science fiction writer, and a historian. As a result, a book was born about Soviet science, its past, present and future. Simultaneously with showing a wide panorama of the development of science in the USSR, the author speaks with warmth and sympathy about its creators, about the people of the Land of the Soviets, especially emphasizing their desire for peace and cooperation. V. Mora's book is intended for the general reader. B. DUBBELAAR. “Project Salyut” B. Dybbelaar’s book “Project Salyut” examines the most interesting aspects of the Soviet program for the exploration and development of outer space, describes many scientific and technical experiments carried out by both Soviet and international crews on board the Soviet space stations “Salyut” “. An overview of the Soviet space program covers the period from the launch of the first Soviet artificial Earth satellite in 1957 to the flight of the Soviet Soyuz T-12 spacecraft in 1984. The book provides a brief description of many Soviet space flights and, in parallel, examines the problems and tasks that Soviet science has to solve on the path to space exploration, and the solution of which is of great economic importance.