Project Overview
The FrontierSpace website was built for the ACIT 2910 course at the British Columbia Institute of Technology by Chris Leclair and Richard Gosse. It is a website for a fictional space travel company that offers both space tourism flights and commercial payload launches. The website itself has an account system and booking system and uses modern technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, and AJAX.
Technical Details
- HTML5 - modern features and standards-compliant
- CSS3 Layout and design
- Responsive Design for tablets and mobile
- JavaScript using jQuery for AJAX and other interaction
- AJAX - technically AJAJ using JSON responses
- PHP responding to AJAX requests on the server side
- PDO interfacing to a MySQL database
- Developed with NetBeans, Git, XAMPP, MAMP
Image Credits
Unless otherwise noted, images are copyrighted and property of their respective owners. They are used for fair-use non-commercial academic purposes only.
General
- bg_space.png: seamless_space_0 by n4pgamer [public domain]
- paypal-button.png: PayPal
- social media buttons adapted from Social Media Vector Icons by sebi01/Vecteezy.com [attribution license]
Logos
- "Old Logo" adapted by Chris Leclair from Aperture Science Innovators Logo from Portal 2 (Valve Software) vector version by Klow, Rocket clip art by Ocal
- FrontierSpace Logo: Chris Leclair
- Aurora Logo: Chris Leclair
- Australis Logo: Chris Leclair
- Green Launch Initiative adapted by Chris Leclair from Fredoguy-Leaf.png by Fredoguy [public domain]
- Project Luna Logo adapted by Chris Leclair from 15149-illustration-of-the-full-moon-pv.png by warszawianka [public domain], purzen-A-cartoon-moon-rocket by purzen [public domain]
- Thunderhawk Logo adapted by Chris Leclair from lightning 11 by rejon [public domain], Halcon by antroarea [public domain]
Carousel
- earth-from-space.jpg: NASA (source)
- atlas-launch.jpg: Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance (source)
- spaceplane-soar.jpg: Swiss Space Systems (source)
- inside-capsule.jpg: Reuters (source)
- inside-station.jpg: Documentary Channel (source)
News
- edu_fair.jpg: BCIT Photography (source)
- 100_landing.jpg: US Air Force (source)
- talos_er.jpg: SpaceX (source)
- sabre6_test.jpg: Chris Leclair, Squad
Information
- i_history.jpg: NASA (source) [public domain]
- i_future.jpg: Sierra Nevada Corporation (source)
- i_people.jpg: Mark Greenburg, Virgin Galactic (source)
- i_vehicles.jpg: NASA (source)
History
- history_fls.jpg adapted from (untitled) by SpaceX and "old logo" (refer to logos section)
- history_tourism.jpg: Michael R. Brown, Florida Today (source)
- history_spaceplane.jpg: XCOR Aerospace (source)
Future
- future_australis.jpg adapted from (untitled) by Bristol Spaceplanes Limited
- future_greenlaunch.jpg: "Green Launch Initiative" (refer to logos section)
- future_luna.jpg: "Project Luna Logo" (refer to logos section)
- future_superheavy.jpg: Angara-A5 by Flixxbeatz, Squad
- future_tng.jpg adapted from Space X Falcon 9 1.1 Reusability Demonstration by Lazarus Luan, Squad
People
- engineer_frohman.jpg adapted from Concerned #174 by Christopher C. Livingston (Created with Half-Life 2 by Valve Software, using Garry's Mod)
- engineer_ew.jpg adapted from Girl Beautiful by Benjamin Miller [FreeStockPhotos.biz Standard License Agreement]
- engineer_braun.jpg: (untitled) by Squad, Valve
- pilot_ibanez.jpg adapted from (untitled) from Starship Troopers Invasion by Sola Digital Arts, Sony Pictures
- pilot_jeb.jpg: Jeb Kerman photo by Squad
- pilot_solo.jpg: (untitled) by Lucasfilm
- pilot_sb.jpg: (untitled) by Universal
Vehicles
- aurora_head.jpg adapted from (untitled) from 2001: A Space Odyssey by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- aurora_alto.jpg: Teledyne Brown Spaceplane by Dan Delong
- aurora_sabre.jpg: (untitled) by Reaction Engines Ltd
- aurora_landing.jpg: (untitled) by Jeff Foust
- aurora_cost.png: Chris Leclair
- th_head.jpg adapted from (untitled) by SpaceX
- th_engine.jpg: (untitled) by NASA [public domain]
- th_capsule.jpg: (untitled) by SpaceX
- th_flex.jpg: Chris Leclair
- thsuper_head.jpg adapted from (untitled) by SpaceX
- thsuper_flex.jpg adapted from (untitled) by SpaceX
- thsuper_landing.jpg: (untitled) by SpaceX
- rwind_head.jpg adapted from (untitled) by SpaceX/NASA
- rwind_inside.jpg: (untitled) by NASA [public domain]
- rwind_insidepsg.jpg: (untitled) by Andy Biggs
- rwind_landing.jpg: (untitled) by SpaceX
- rwind_recovery.jpg: (untitled) by SpaceX
- mboat_head.jpg adapted from (untitled) by NASA [public domain]
- mboat_inside.jpg: (untitled) by SpaceX
- mboat_docking.jpg adapted from (untitled) by Paul BobCat, Squad
- mboat_separation.jpg: (untitled) by SpaceX
- mboat_refurb.jpg: (untitled) by NASA [public domain]
Careers
- spacex_factory*.jpg all from Rocket Road - SpaceX wants to become the commercial heir to NASA by Brittany Sauser
- musk1.jpg from (34 Photos That Show Why Elon Musk Is The Most Badass CEO In The World) by Madeline Stone
- Expedition_36_flight_engineer_Chris_Cassidy.jpg: (untitled) by NASA
Tourism
- package1.jpg: (untitled) by SNC
- package2.jpg: (untitled) by NASA [public domain]
- package3.jpg: (untitled) by NASA [public domain]
Commercial
- TDRS_gen2.jpg: (untitled) by NASA [public domain]
- 1920px-Cassini_Saturn_Orbit_Insertion.: (Cassini Saturn Orbit Insertion) by NASA [public domain]
- stardustnext_s.jpg: (untitled) by NASA [public domain]
- LADEE_in_clean_room.jpg : (untitled) by NASA [CC-BY 2.0]
- Mars_Climate_Orbiter_2.jpg : (Mars Climate Orbiter 2) by NASA/JPL/Corby Waste [public domain]
- Ncube2.jpg: (untitled) by Bjørn Pedersen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway [CC-BY 1.0]
- commercial_head.jpg adapted from (untitled) by NASA/Tony Gray and Robert Murray
Technology Credits
- jQuery: jQuery Foundation, MIT License (see license page)
- Bootstrap: Twitter, MIT License (see license page)
Other Credits
- Astronaut requirements from http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/Astronaut_training_requirements
- Terms and conditions generated with Random Legal Boilerplate by Jeff Watter