NASA releases their entire media library into the public domain

[EltonJ]

Check this out from the Photography site. NASA has made their entire media library public domain. So you shouldn't be afraid to use these pics for your game.

Although everything has been done from the perspective of Earth and not Absolom Station. But you have to admit, you can't pass up from the opportunity to use NASA's media library for your Starfinder campaigns.

[Pantshandshake]

Am I the only person that was hoping this was like, a giant collection of movies that some engineers pirated?

[Metaphysician]

EltonJ wrote:

Check this out from the Photography site. NASA has made their entire media library public domain. So you shouldn't be afraid to use these pics for your game.

Although everything has been done from the perspective of Earth and not Absolom Station. But you have to admit, you can't pass up from the opportunity to use NASA's media library for your Starfinder campaigns.

Really, how many Starfinder groups have players who'd actually be able to look and go "Wait, that starscape you used is totally impossible from the galactic perspective of the Pact Worlds!" And if you *do* have a group with players like that, why are you complaining? *ahem*

[EltonJ]

Maybe I thought it would be cool to point that out.

[Terminalmancer]

As it turns out, works produced by the U.S. government generally aren't covered by copyright! So if you find an image produced by a government agency (but not a contractor, usually), you're usually free to use them as long as they're not controlled for some other reason (like being classified).

[ThermalCat]

Thanks for the link. Several of these images would make great starship battle backgrounds. We use roll20, so no time need be spent to align hex grids, I can just turn on the grid and scale it to whatever feels appropriate.