If you can build it, you can fix it.

Hey, if you've got the time and the know how, why not do it? This could be done in a few weekends at most.

So we should just throw these fairly good panels away? This guy is putting those factory cast offs to good use. He should be praised!

Who said they weren't brand new? It looks like factory rejects to me.

Engineers are working on the theory (among others) that the failure may have been triggered by new solar panels installed earlier in Atlantis's mission.
You'd better listen to Scotty when he says, "I canna give her any more power cap'n."