How can these sorts of problems be posed to a wider audience? Is NASA and SpaceX's work so narrowly defined that the community could not help in other ways? H

How can these sorts of problems be posed to a wider audience? Is NASA and SpaceX's work so narrowly defined that the community could not help in other ways? How great would that be? Get great industry minds involved in government work furthering the space program and encouraging open source spirit all the while?