Talk about responsive. Less than an hour after Elon Musk announced that SpaceX would post photos for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, he decided to go for the full public domain, when pressed by another’s tweet.
Also, kudos to Musk for his new Dr. Evil-inspired profile pic.
SpaceX Photos Are Now Available Under a Creative Commons License http://t.co/OgHJYimuCU
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 21, 2015
@elonmusk Why not just public domain? What is there to lose?
— Ben (@Pandoomic) March 21, 2015
@Pandoomic Just changed them to full public domain
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 21, 2015
SpaceX has posted new photos to Flickr and its website. The images are pretty spectacular, making SpaceX’s library of private space exploration now open to the public, much like NASA’s.
Enjoy a few more photos below: