Great Minds: Dr. Judith Resnik and the Icebusters

This video was sponsored by DataCamp. Data is everywhere! Use SciShow’s link to get the first chapter of any DataCamp course for FREE: https://bit.ly/3AwSN09 In 1984, ice was accumulating on the side of the Space Shuttle Discovery, spelling possible disaster, luckily it was the first mission of Dr. Judith Resnik, and the Canadarm. SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet & Jason A Saslow! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/resnik_judith_with_photo_0.pdf https://science.howstuffworks.com/space-shuttle8.htm https://www.space.com/19436-columbia-disaster.html https://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/ROV/rms.html https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BHkfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CF4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6758%2C109838 https://ieee-aess.org/membership/awards/ieee-judith-resnik-award https://www.cmu.edu/piper/news/archives/2011/march/judyresnik.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/q-a-nichelle-nichols-aka-lt-uhura-and-nasa-180943982/ https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/canadarm/default.asp https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/canadarm2/canadarm-canadarm2-canadarm3-comparative-table.asp Images https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Resnik_crater_5030_h2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_A._Resnik,_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/search/video/watch.asp?v=1_rnrz6d68 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:STS-116_-_P5_Truss_hand-off_to_ISS_(NASA_S116-E-05765).jpg https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_182.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_First_Servicing_EVA_-_GPN-2000-001085.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canadarm_1_-_STS-72.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Resnik#/media/File:STS-41-D_Crew_Enjoying_Space_-_GPN-2004-00024.jpg