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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://machines.social/users/trevorflowers/statuses/111642686779782867">Ding Dang Trevor Flowers (trevorflowers@machines.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 14:31:52 JST</a><a href="https://machines.social/@trevorflowers" title="trevorflowers@machines.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/115009-48-20230426193158.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Ding Dang Trevor Flowers" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Ding Dang Trevor Flowers</a><div><a href="https://machines.social/@trevorflowers/111642667498886645" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>What I wouldn't give to be in the room with Norwood and Valerie Thomas, data encoding heavyweight and leader of the Landsat program at NASA, while they shaped the future of data collection and analysis using artificial satellites and room-sized computers.<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Thomas" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Thomas</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2500779#notice-4948236">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-12-26T14:31:52+09:00" title="Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 14:31:52 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://machines.social/@trevorflowers/111642686779782867" rel="external" title="Sent from machines.social via ActivityPub">machines.social</a></span></span><a href="https://machines.social/@trevorflowers/111642686779782867">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2020125">A person standing in front of a blackboard.
Credit: By Adam Cuerden - https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/a-face-behind-landsat-images-meet-dr-valerie-l-thomas/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95433765</a></label><br><a href="https://machines.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/642/678/560/387/304/original/d37e6e96ab04c5a6.png" rel="external">https://machines.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/642/678/560/387/304/original/d37e6e96ab04c5a6.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: upload.wikimedia.org</div><h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Thomas">Valerie Thomas</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Valerie L. Thomas (born February 8, 1943) is an American data scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980. She was responsible for developing the digital media formats that image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program.Early life and education
Thomas was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated from high school in 1961, during the era of integration. She attended Morgan State University, where she was one of two women majoring in physics. Thomas excelled in her mathematics and science courses at Morgan State University, graduating with a degree in physics with highest honors in 1964.
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Thomas began working for NASA as a data analyst in 1964. She developed real-time computer data systems to support satellite operations control centers (1964–1970). She oversaw the creation of the Landsat program (1970–1981), becoming an international expert in Landsat data products. Her participation in this program expanded upon the works of other NASA scientists in...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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  Valerie Thomas
  Valerie L. Thomas (born February 8, 1943) is an American data scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980. She was responsible for developing the digital media formats that image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program. Early life and education Thomas was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated from high school in 1961, during the era of integration. She attended Morgan State University, where she was one of two women majoring in physics. Thomas excelled in her mathematics and science courses at Morgan State University, graduating with a degree in physics with highest honors in 1964. Career Thomas began working for NASA as a data analyst in 1964. She developed real-time computer data systems to support satellite operations control centers (1964–1970). She oversaw the creation of the Landsat program (1970–1981), becoming an international expert in Landsat data products. Her participation in this program expanded upon the works of other NASA scientists in...