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ESA Launches the 2013 Edition of the Summer of Code In Space (SOCIS)

Posted by samzenpus on from the write-code-get-money dept.

First time accepted submitter Maxime Perrotin writes "Following the successful past two editions of SOCIS, the European Space Agency is pleased to announce the launch of the 2013 edition of its Summer of Code in Space. The project is now open for mentoring organizations to submit project proposals until the 20th of June. Projects have to be open-source/free software; students who participate can get up to 4000€ if the project is achieved."

7 comments

  1. Summer Of Code In Space by philipmather · · Score: 5, Funny

    I live in the UK so I barely get to experience "Summer" on Earth, let alone space you insensitive clod!

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    Regards, Phil
    1. Re:Summer Of Code In Space by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I live in the UK so I barely get to experience "Summer" on Earth, let alone space you insensitive clod!

      Don't worry. We're working hard on this "Global Warming" stuff so you can have a lot more Summer whether you want it or not. No need to thank us - we're happy to oblige.

  2. Coding in space? by PhilHibbs · · Score: 1

    Gasp Can't... breathe... printf("Goodbye, world!");

  3. It's like ___, but in SPACE by Spy+Handler · · Score: 1

    works for me!

  4. Lack of comments on this post leaves a resounding by vikingpower · · Score: 1

    silence

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    Religous speak to God. Insane are spoken to by God. When all shut up, one can finally hear Shostakovich in peace
  5. Re:Lack of comments on this post leaves a resoundi by SwedishCoward · · Score: 1

    silence

    In space, no one can hear you segfault.

  6. Interesting Project List 2012 by ndverdo · · Score: 1

    2012 lists GNU Octave 3, OpenCube software and other projects containers