Krishna asks Michael Blanton for a concrete example of a scientific decision he had to personally make and stand behind, using SDSS-IV as the setting. Blanton begins describing how SDSS-IV ran two survey programs competing for dark time, the period when the moon is new and the sky is darkest, starting with the MaNGA program (Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory). The chapter ends before Blanton explains what the actual decision was or how he made it.
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26:03>> Yeah. >> Right? So, could you give an example of like a scientific decision that that you, you know, it was the buck stops with you and you had to make that decision? And what what what were the things that you weighed when making that decision? >> So, um I think there >> And it doesn't have to be from SDSS. If anyone here >> Yeah, I I think SDSS probably has has the examples I could most easily talk about. You know, I I I think there is I Just tell me if this is too far in the weeds, but you
26:44>> We love the weeds on this podcast. >> the weeds. Good. So, in SDSS-IV, we had two programs that were using what we call the dark time, which is when the the moon is is is new. >> Oh, okay. So, on the other side of the earth. >> Well, it's on Yeah, it's on uh it's it's on the >> the day side >> the sun, right? So, it's it's when the sky is dark. Right? So, so, one one was called Manga, which is another naming uh Yeah, it's spelled anime. Yeah, spelled the same way. Makes it hard to >> What was the What was the full form? >> Uh the mapping nearby galaxies at Apache Point
27:25Observatory. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> That's Yeah, that's okay.
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