alt Hacker News> Starcloud’s target is to achieve a 5 GW cluster with solar arrays spanning 4 km by 4 km
Doesn't this massively surface area also mean a proportionately large risk of getting damaged by orbital debris?
> Starcloud’s target is to achieve a 5 GW cluster with solar arrays spanning 4 km by 4 km
Doesn't this massively surface area also mean a proportionately large risk of getting damaged by orbital debris?
Yes. You'd have to design them to be able to take a certain level of hits.
This is already a thing on the ISS, Shuttle, Voyager probes, etc.