@sull Look I don’t have the answers to everything, but if a normal “guy” whose NOT in the space industry is coming up with high-level ideas to fix these problems, what do you think they’re talking about in the board rooms? lol (this is where my naïveté may be nipping me in the ass)
1. Position the satellites in higher orbit to reduce eclipse duration (more time exposure in the sun)
2. Bigger solar arrays to capture more solar energy
3. (I’m making this one up) they already know how to dock with a moving object with the dragon capsule (the ISS) why couldn’t they do something similar with a refresh pod, and then have some robotic arm on a sliding rail to take new components and swap out the old/damaged ones?
My biggest concerns are radiation and having to physically “do something” when shit inevitably breaks
The reason for my confidence in the initial reply is SpaceX/Tesla’s expertise in robotics and automation (they’ll come up with something)
And I’m sure the radiation problem can be fixed just fine