<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>And how is the site below allowed to sell them seemingly to anyone?
http://www.up-ship.com/I tried to search the NTRS and NIX sites but I couldn't see anything as detailed as the stuff available at up-ship.com.How did they get their hands on these drawings? Did they scan them from some NASA vault? Can I get them from anywhere, preferably free?Google didn't help at all. Posted by spacefire</DIV></p><p>As far as how he obtained the drawings, that's probably as varied as the articles. I know some of them are from declassified documents. As far as "free" well.. TANSTAAFL You might be able to get some under the FOIA but, you'll have to pay the copy fee.</p><p>If you're wondering about copyright protection, I'm not sure on that. From my experience, commercial aircraft manufacturers still retain copyright over their designs, name, etc.. I'm not sure how that is handled with government projects. I "used to know" but forgot... there's a public-domain argument and a useage argument involved, IIRC. You'd probably be best served to email the owner of the site and ask.</p><p>I've seen the site brought up before on several aviation related sites. But, most were just praising it and I'm not aware of any criticisms. </p><p>Edit- Actually, I wouldn't mind a few myself.

</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>