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14TH MAY 2015
News this week in 1987; The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It was designed to destroy SDI satellites with a megawatt carbon-dioxide laser. It had a Functional Cargo Block derived from a TKS spacecraft to control its orbit and it could fire test targets to demonstrate the fire control system.
It failed to reach orbit. When the rocket fired, it slowed and burned up in the atmosphere over the south Pacific ocean. This failure was attributed to a faulty inertial guidance system.
(NO I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE ABOVE EITHER!!)
SONGS PLAYED
Diana Ross – Chain Reaction
Bananarama – Robert De Niro’s Waiting
The Bangles – Walk Like an Egyptian
Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
a-ha – Take On Me
Fine Young Cannibals – Good Thing
David Bowie – China Girl
Five Star – Can’t Wait Another Minute
Billy Joel – An Innocent Man
Alison Moyet – All Cried Out
Suzanne Vega – Luka
DC Lee – See the Day
Chris Rea – On The Beach (LIVE)
Evelyn King – Love Come Down
Police – Every Breath You Take
Lionel Richie – All Night Long
The Blow Monkeys – It Doesn’t Have to be this Way
Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer
Johnny Logan – Whats another Year
Spandau Ballet – True
Aztec Camera – Somewhere In My Heart
Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
ABC – The Look of Love
Iggy Pop – Real Wild Child
Curiosity Killed The Cat – Name and Number
Jaki Graham – Step Right Up
Bon Jovi – You Give Love a Bad Name
Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love