ToughSF brings some Christmas cheer for those dealing with heat-damaged solar-panels: the Singaporeans can fix them now (pdf). Light and heat can be assured most of the damage if we're running these panels in the 0.7-1.0 AU band like I want. (Meteors remain an issue, yes.)
The device would roll itself over solar panels that are up to 2.3 metres in length
. I assume that means under gravity. If the station is spinning, which any manned station should be, that means turning the panels tangent to the spin-direction, and rolling that device accordingly.
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