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by gamblor956 1129 days ago
Doing twice as much of it wouldn't scale.

Making a super-flat mirror is extremely difficult and requires state-of-the-art facilities, and state-of-the-art equipment. And highly trained, experienced employees. And there aren't enough of any of that to scale rapidly.

It's not just about scaling 1 input. You have to scale the entire supply chain.

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Right, when I said “do everything twice” I was including the entire supply chain.

If there is enough money sitting on the table, it seems like it would be worth it to do that. But it sounds like it would take too long with uncertain returns?

Maybe there isn’t enough money on the table? They might be sitting on 20B of orders but maybe doubling the entire supply chain would cost a lot more? I’m sure there must be a compelling reason.