So why not just let private industry do the exploration and come up with the innovations? They should be able to do it without any government council interfering.
Yep, see things that came about from the space program link below
Are the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard privatized?
Space is one of those categories where we don’t privatize the military uses.
For some things private sector. For others it’s the government, and fully authorized under the U. S. Constitution under national defense.
It’s today’s high ground, and we’ve frittered away far too much of our lead in space. Time to get back at it.