Will repair bots take care of all damage or will there be times that components are so damaged they will have to be replaced?asked by Capt. Abel

No, repair bots will not take care of all damage, there will definitely be times where components will have to be replaced. Most repair bots or jobs done in space will be more like patch jobs, in order to properly repair items or ships back to nearly-new I'd say you'll have to venture planetside and have a workshop/shipyard work on your gear/ship. One of the ships we're looking at making is a repair ship, however, and THAT would probably be able to repair your ship properly in space, but outside of that would be a patch-job until you could land and fix it properly.