The first meeting of Scialog: Early Science with the LSST convened November 14-17, 2024, in Tucson with the goal of advancing the foundational science needed to realize the full potential of the Rubin Observatory upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time. The initiative, cosponsored with the Heising-Simons Foundation, represents a fulfilling new chapter in the story of RCSA’s long-term support of the Rubin Observatory, located in north-central Chile. RCSA played a foundational role in its birth, helping establish the LSST Corporation (now the LSST Discovery Alliance) in 2003 and providing early financial and business support to launch the telescope’s construction, including the design and construction of its primary mirror starting in 2007.
