Its a successor of the very famous elite.
Just wanted to point out that everything seems to be released under GNU public license and that theire some very ugly (although I like elite ships general design) some I think would be suitable for use for ufo ai project... ex the gemini transport.
If Winter would be interessed in borrowing stuff from other open source projects. Also, I guess all ships are low polycount..
Follow the link to get the big picture (and for those who remember elite and didn't know about the project...enjoy!)
http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Oolite_Ships