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And it’s time consuming partly because so few are made.

I guess the unit price could come down by 90% or more if you were to order a million of them, and could convince a manufacturer that you’re good for the money.

(And you may get something that’s superior, for example because they figure out that, at a million copies, extra money spent improving the software for adaptive optics can be more than made up by making the hardware a bit less rigid)

We’re spoilt by the amazing efficiencies of mass manufacturing.



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