Imagine this: the hardware equivalent of a pi 4 with as much oomph as possible, no audio, no USB power wasting. Wifi/bt mesh.

Put it in a rugged box covered in as much pv reception as possible. Heat issues to be researched of course.

Put relays in them, configure them to run as an asymmetric drop in', do what you can while you can way as a supermassive array that tries as hard as it can to be as efficient as it can,, and the more the merrier.

Make millions cheap. Kits for kida to put together would probably sell, but I'm no marketing pro.

Make an independent global network that theoretically could operate as.a baee backbone as long as enough of them touch the sun, and even fragmented would be locally useful.

It'd be cool if someone did that and sent me one before I have to make my own. Or if someone already has, can I help? Just a thought