Helping Build the Internet: Valerie Thomas | Great Minds

This video was sponsored by Ekster. Head to https://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: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/a-face-behind-landsat-images-meet-dr-valerie-l-thomas/ https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/valerie-thomas https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/robinlindeenblakeley/?page_id=76 https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/valerie-thomas-1943/ https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/stem-career-connections/meet-dr-valerie-l-thomas-landsat-image-processing-specialist Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_photo_of_data_scientist_Valerie_L._Thomas.gif https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/south-america-telecommunication-satellite-orbiting-earth-gm452168783-25459270 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holmes_Hall,_Morgan_State_University,_1700_E._Coldspring_Lane,_Baltimore,_MD_21251_(34331315795).jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgeologicalsurvey/17165153732 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4745 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZx1xmNGcXI&ab_channel=NASAGoddard https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valerie_L._Thomas_standing_with_a_stack_of_early_Landsat_Computer_Compatible_Tapes.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/overview/index.html https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/first-images-from-landsat-9-detroit-and-lake-erie https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/nasa-usgs-landsat-9-passes-review-now-operational/ https://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/40-years-of-nasa-spinoff/crop-forecasts https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/reflection-of-light-on-concave-mirror-gm1360657096-433593427 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6NqaDxi2KY&ab_channel=BruceYeany https://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 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA_model_Projected_By_Handmade_Pyramid_Hologram.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pythagoras_Award_Hologram.jpg https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/7a/9f/29/62eab5238d37fe/US4229761.pdf https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/abstract-graphic-world-map-illustration-on-blue-background-big-data-and-networking-gm1294021851-388180453 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/group-of-unrecognisable-international-students-having-online-meeting-gm1300822108-393025975