Future Plans:

During the 48 hours of the Hackathon, we learned so much about exoplanets and space exploration. With the time crunch, we could only achieve so much, but the experience has truly inspired us. Even though the hackathon is over, our passion for this project hasn't stopped. We hope that we can keep working on this project in the future, so we’ve put together a list of ideas and plans for how we’d like to continue developing this app. 

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1. Animation of Exoplanets

We hope to show a clear animation of different exoplanets orbiting their stars along with other planets in their system. We will specify the star and other planets that the exoplanet orbits with and a selection for each exoplanet.
 

2. More information when a user clicks on a planet
This can be implemented in a way that when a user clicks on a planet, there will be more information that pops up allowing for a more detailed and informative description of the exoplanet. We can also integrate AI that will allow the users to ask questions about the specific exoplanet using data from a Harvard Database.
 

3. Incorporate More Exoplanets
We can improve on the dynamics of entering data into the cloud dataset. This will allow the user to add exoplanets into the database and allow our AI to analyze the planet and see if it is viable to explore it. 

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4. Machine Learning Algorithm

We have developed a Machine Learning Algorithm specifically trained to sort planets by whether it is suitable for human habitation. We used a Random Forest Classifier to sift through the data, allowing it to reach up to 100% accuracy (Note: This could be due to the small size of our dataset, as well as overfitting). It has been trained with ESI, Magnitude, Incline, Mass to Jupiter, Radius to Jupiter, and Distance as its variables and trained to identify key elements for life. It determines if the planet is worth developing and spending resources on.