Valerie Thomas

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Across
  1. 2. Subject she nearly double majored in
  2. 8. Final review meeting before launch
  3. 9. Space Flight Center that processed LACIE test sites
  4. 12. U.S. space agency where she worked
  5. 14. Orbiting Geophysical Observatory she worked on before Landsat
  6. 18. Original name of Landsat
  7. 20. Process of decoding satellite data streams
  8. 22. Type of Earth images first produced by Landsat
  9. 23. Digital media specialty she developed for Landsat
  10. 25. Field she continues to support for girls and women
  11. 26. Base-8 number system used in computing
  12. 27. Agriculture department partner in LACIE
  13. 28. Her college major
  14. 30. State where early Landsat systems were developed
Down
  1. 1. Language she used for early quick-look processing programs
  2. 3. Last name of the NASA image processing pioneer
  3. 4. Number system required for early computer work
  4. 5. Primary crop monitored during LACIE
  5. 6. Scientist who managed early Landsat digital image processing systems
  6. 7. Base-16 number system used in programming
  7. 10. Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment for global crop monitoring
  8. 11. Programming language she taught herself to read digital tapes
  9. 13. Computer Compatible Tapes used to store early satellite imagery
  10. 15. Critical requirement for LACIE test site processing
  11. 16. Base-10 number system
  12. 17. Agency partner in the LACIE project
  13. 19. Nickname of her quality control tape-reading program
  14. 21. Earth observation satellite program she joined in 1970
  15. 24. Goddard center where she managed image processing development
  16. 29. Alabama city where the review meeting was held