The Role of Deck Building in Flight Simulation

First in flight uses a twist on deck building that we actually call deck discovery. You only learn about what the problems are with your plane as you are flying and flipping over cards. The search for Planet X would not make sense as a deck building game or a dice rolling set collection game. That's what the real astronomers are doing in the real world. So really, you can use any system, you can using any mechanic when you're modeling systems.