Fix MIR with iridium !!! (Score 1)

why waste 1 space station and horde of super hi-tech satelittes , why not use the parts of the iridium satelites (solar panel(power),processors (on board computer upgrade) , communication componants to upgrade Mir com capabilities ) etc etc payload is so expensive to bring up that it is most part of the cost of equipement ... just buil stuff neccessary (like a rod to connect all solart panel to or whatever ) on earth and use the parts already there puting a gram of stuff in space then buying a gram of gold