Scaffolding

Scaffold
Base cost	$60 / sq
Mass	0

Things that can be put on scaffolding outside of the ship:

• Mining Laser
• Tanks
• Pipes
• Cables
• Batteries
• Solar Panel
• Reactor
• Fusion Reactor
• Refinery
• Chemical Lab

For assembling and disassembling equipment on the scaffolding, the policy Exterior Work has to be active, spacesuits with oxygen have to be available and a docking port has to be installed.

While scaffolds are billed per square at shipyards they cost $29.94 per square in creative mode and they are only billed for every 334th square effectively giving you your first 333 scaffolds for free.