{"id":12015,"date":"2015-02-17T09:57:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T09:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12015"},"modified":"2015-02-17T10:33:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T10:33:43","slug":"raspberry-pi-space-competition-astropi-continues-to-develop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12015","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi space competition AstroPi continues to develop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Astro_Pi_Logo_WEB-300px.png?resize=300%2C287\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dave Honess of the Raspberry Pi Foundation has written an excellent (and lengthy) update to the <a href=\"http:\/\/astro-pi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">AstroPi<\/a> project. <a href=\"http:\/\/astro-pi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">AstroPi<\/a>, for those of you who don&#8217;t already know, is aiming to send two Raspberry Pis up into orbit with astronaut Tim Peake. 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