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Description: This video was sponsored by Ekster. Head to shop.ekster.com/scishow-space for up to 15% off your offer. Despite computers barely being a thing when she was born, Valerie Thomas knew that she was cut out for the tech world, pushed until she got there, and contributed to some hugely important technologies that many of us could not live without. Hosted By: Hank Green ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow and David Brooks! Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShowSpace Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow on TikTok: tiktok.com/@scishow SciShow Tangents Podcast: scishowtangents.org Facebook: facebook.com/scishow Twitter: twitter.com/scishow Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/a-face-behind-landsat-images-meet-dr-valerie-l-thomas lemelson.mit.edu/resources/valerie-thomas blogs.oregonstate.edu/robinlindeenblakeley/?page_id=76 blackpast.org/african-american-history/valerie-thomas-1943 mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/stem-career-connections/meet-dr-valerie-l-thomas-landsat-image-processing-specialist Images: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_photo_of_data_scientist_Valerie_L._Thomas.gif istockphoto.com/photo/south-america-telecommunication-satellite-orbiting-earth-gm452168783-25459270 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holmes_Hall,_Morgan_State_University,_1700_E._Coldspring_Lane,_Baltimore,_MD_21251_(34331315795).jpg flickr.com/photos/usgeologicalsurvey/17165153732 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4745 youtube.com/watch?v=ZZx1xmNGcXI&ab_channel=NASAGoddard commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valerie_L._Thomas_standing_with_a_stack_of_early_Landsat_Computer_Compatible_Tapes.jpg nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/overview/index.html nasa.gov/image-feature/first-images-from-landsat-9-detroit-and-lake-erie landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/nasa-usgs-landsat-9-passes-review-now-operational nasa.gov/offices/oct/40-years-of-nasa-spinoff/crop-forecasts istockphoto.com/vector/reflection-of-light-on-concave-mirror-gm1360657096-433593427 youtube.com/watch?v=h6NqaDxi2KY&ab_channel=BruceYeany commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ch%C3%A2teau_du_Clos_Luc%C3%A9_-_Holograms_of_the_Cardinal_of_Aragon_and_Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_20180501_PvE_(Q1122731).jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA_model_Projected_By_Handmade_Pyramid_Hologram.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pythagoras_Award_Hologram.jpg patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/7a/9f/29/62eab5238d37fe/US4229761.pdf istockphoto.com/photo/abstract-graphic-world-map-illustration-on-blue-background-big-data-and-networking-gm1294021851-388180453 istockphoto.com/photo/group-of-unrecognisable-international-students-having-online-meeting-gm1300822108-393025975