I haven't played it myself, but the guys from Maximum PC have. In their article about the hyper-advanced planetarium now open in San Fran, this is how they described the control interface:
"Finally, we were allowed to enter the main control room behind the planetarium seating to check out how the real-time navigation works. Surprisingly, the controls for the Uniview program worked much like navigating through a game of Sins of the Solar Empire!"
Full article link below... looks freakin' awesome!
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/morrison_planetarium?page=0,4