[ATM] Molded Mirror?

[Joe <nss@mwt.net>]

Ok, what is going on here?

I just read an ad in Astronomy mag,, and they have a web page

vixenamerica.com

and in the ad it says,,

"At f/4 there's no room for error when forming the surface of an 8" 
parabolic mirror. Vixen’s solution is to execute each R200SS mirror with 
its High-Precision Poly-Order Aspherical Mirror Molding Technique. The 
result: an exquisite state-of-the-art paraboloide form."

Molding? are they kidding? The page with the scope is at,

http://www.vixenamerica.com/Products/Default.asp?TopCatCode=TS&Fam_or_Cat=R200SS

what ya think?

Joe from Wisconsin
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