You think the manufacturing is high stakes? They ship all the equipment for telescopes together on the same ship, because if you lose the mirror you're basical

You think the manufacturing is high stakes? They ship all the equipment for telescopes together on the same ship, because if you lose the mirror you're basically fucked anyway. You're at the mercy of the interstate, the shiphyards, the ship, the seas, the canals, the other shipyards, the other highways, the roads, the drivers, and a bunch of other things. Manufacturing is important, but it's a lab environment. Getting the stuff where it needs to go is the messy bit. This even goes into the design. The reason all the telescopes above La Serena are curiously near 8.4M wide is because there's a tunnel which is about 9M wide.