Hey kids, wanna clock the ISS? ESA's Astro Pi challenge runs your code in space

The next round of the European Space Agency's Astro Pi challenge is open, inviting participants to use the diminutive computers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to calculate the orbiting outpost's speed. The challenge, which runs in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, has two threads. The first, …

[Phones Sheridan]

"The program must not rely on interaction with an astronaut."

meh, there goes my submission.

10 PRINT "Enter the speed of the ISS."

20 GET A

30 CLS

40 PRINT "The speed of the ISS is. " A

A while ago Matt Parker did a code submission stream where he asked people to send him code to run live on his LED tree, the only stipulation was that no code could be submitted that required any libraries other than the one he supplied that interfaced with his LEDs. Loads of submissions didn't run, because people ignored the "no other libraries" part, and the event ended up being a bit of a let down.