OK. At this point, it’s worth considering this gizmo, available in every active space station:
At the moment, this thing can only be used to scrap ships, or add storage. But look at what it does. It breaks your ship up into its component parts.
This thing is based on the tool HG use when designing ship parts. I know, because I saw it at the Design, Play, Disrupt show in London.
Right now, the game will only let you use this tool to take a ship to pieces. But I think I see the direction for this.