There's no stopping the crowdfunding phenomenon that is Star Citizen. Chris Roberts' triumphant return to space simulations is a massive success long before take off. In his latest Letter from the Chairman Roberts confirms the game has now amassed $39 million in funds. He also talked about the possibilities of adding atmospheric combat and ground exploration:
"Among the most common feature requests for Star Citizen are atmospheric combat and ground exploration. These are the single biggest things we would like to include in the game, but they're also something we know we can't have day one. Our universe is a big place, and creating the hundreds of existing landouts properly is enough of a challenge... building entire continents and atmospheres in the current system would take a lifetime.
That's where procedural generation comes in. If we can develop a truly great procedural generation system, one that lets us create entire planets for you to populate, then we can expand the game to add these features (and more) in the future."
As such the next stretch goal is a procedural generation R&D team.