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Originally Posted by Ian Robinson
At that kind of price , any local mirror manufacturers have no hope of surviving.
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* There are still people out there who have a lot of respect for what a premium 10" Newtonian is capable of and want to build up a superb telescope with custom selected parts and not a 'lucky dip' cheap mirror with no optical guarantee. This end of the market has been and will always be there so long as there are people who care most about quality than cheap price.
* Any local manufacturer depending on their survival for 10" mirrors would have to be just plain stupid... cheap 10" is now entry level aperture and in huge demand in disposable society. To try and compete in any way at that price point with masses of optical workers in China getting payed $1 an hour to rub mediochre quality glass, would be equally stupid.