In my view, it sounds like they're trying to tackle way too much at the same time. Just the core system that converts input chemicals and heat to a fuel is a m

In my view, it sounds like they're trying to tackle way too much at the same time. Just the core system that converts input chemicals and heat to a fuel is a major undertaking. Focus on that. Adding their own mirror system might be doable, but only if they use a well known and simple solution. Trying to add an "AI drone mirror autocalibration" is a major undertaking, enough to keep a medium sized company busy for a number of years. Likewise with the "solar energy storage system". Just run when the sun is shining, and produce as much fuel you can from that. If you have more incoming power from the sun than what you can produce fuel from, concentrate on solving that instead. Or just build something that is economical even if the mirror system is way oversized in order to always keep the fuel conversion busy.