{"id":7021,"date":"2014-03-20T17:11:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7021"},"modified":"2021-10-02T15:06:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T19:06:08","slug":"nano-sats-take-art-to-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7021","title":{"rendered":"Nano-sats take art to space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planet-labs.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planet Labs<\/a> is building a constellation of over 100 low cost earth observation satellites. They will have artworks engraved on them by their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planet.com\/story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in-house artists<\/a> who can work for 2-3 months at the company:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3027872\/these-mini-satellites-have-an-unexpected-addition-beautiful-art\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">These Mini Satellites Have An Unexpected Addition: Beautiful Art &#8211; Co.Exist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/artist-in-residence1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planet Labs is building a constellation of over 100 low cost earth observation satellites. They will have artworks engraved on them by their in-house artists who can work for 2-3 months at the company:\u00a0These Mini Satellites Have An Unexpected Addition: Beautiful Art &#8211; Co.Exist. 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