Calculating the Cost of Going to Space

Inspiration

My inspiration for this project was SpaceX and their calculator for how much it costs to use their rockets to deliver stuff to outer space. I wanted to do the same thing but for people since in the future of exploration, there is going to be space tourism and it will be important that there is a way to calculate how much it will cost.

What it does

It calculates the amount of money that it will take for a person to go to outer space. It uses information from the internet on the predicted amount of money that it will take to take one pound to space. Based on that and the information given by the user, the amount of money that it will require for that person to go to space will be showed, along with their recent searches.

How we built it

I built it using MERN stack. The MERN stack is a tech stack that uses MongoDB as its database, Express.js for the API system, React for its frontend, and Node.js for the server side code.

Challenges we ran into

I ran into a challenge with using react and html together to make a frontend that looks good. At the end, I made a frontend that works, but due to time constraints, it isn't as good as it could be.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I am proud of being able to get the back end working and connected with the front end of the project. It was hard, but in the end I got it to work.

What we learned

I learned a lot about react and how it can be used to tie in the front end of the website to the back end.

What's next

I want to make the frontend better in the future. Also, since I built it using react, I can use react native to convert it to a phone app in the future.

Built With

• express.js
• mongodb
• node.js
• react