RE:The Bottom Line is There Was An Overexpectation
The Mani Issue Is NOT Cost, Its Size, Weight, Resolution. Pictures of the Moon are clear better than those taken by the existing high tend Telescope with 11x the size and x the weight. For many applications, for anything mobile, existing size/weight are massive limitations. A computer the size of a house is turned into a palm size one that can be carried in ones pocked. And it does abetter job!!