Photoelectric power isn't the only form of solar power. But no matter how you slice it, that two weeks of darkness is a problem. You're going to need nuclear p

Photoelectric power isn't the only form of solar power. But no matter how you slice it, that two weeks of darkness is a problem. You're going to need nuclear power up there. Fortunately, most of the objections to it on Earth don't apply up there. Space is already a radioactive hell scape in general, there's nothing alive to kill, there's no (currently-known) mechanisms for waste to propagate anywhere you didn't originally put it, etc. etc. We know we can build fission reactors small enough to put out reasonable amounts of power and fit into a payload of a rocket, since we have vessels powered by them already.