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Quest: the History of Spaceflight Quarterly Celebrating the Silver Anniversary of Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly 1992 - 2017 www.spacehistory101.com Celebrating the Silver Anniversary of Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly Since 1992, 4XHVW7KH+LVWRU\RI6SDFHIOLJKW has collected, documented, and captured the history of the space. An award-winning publication that is the oldest peer reviewed journal dedicated exclusively to this topic, 4XHVW fills a vital need²ZKLFKLVZK\VRPDQ\ SHRSOHKDYHYROXQWHHUHGRYHUWKH\HDUV Astronaut Michael Collins once described Quest, its amazing how you are able to provide such detailed content while making it very readable. Written by professional historians, enthusiasts, stu- dents, and people who’ve worked in the field 4XHVW features the people, programs, politics that made the journey into space possible²human spaceflight, robotic exploration, military programs, international activities, and commercial ventures. What follows is a history of 4XHVW, written by the editors and publishers who over the past 25 years have worked with professional historians, enthusiasts, students, and people who worked in the field to capture a wealth of stories and information related to human spaceflight, robotic exploration, military programs, international activities, and commercial ventures. Glen Swanson Founder, Editor, Volume 1-6 Stephen Johnson Editor, Volume 7-12 David Arnold Editor, Volume 13-22 Christopher Gainor Editor, Volume 23-25+ Scott Sacknoff Publisher, Volume 7-25 (c) 2019 The Space 3.0 Foundation The Silver Anniversary of Quest 1 www.spacehistory101.com F EATURE: THE S ILVER A NNIVERSARY OF Q UEST From Countdown to Liftoff —The History of Quest Part I—Beginnings through the University of North Dakota Acquisition 1988-1998 By Glen E. Swanson in a smattering of reader postings from followers of the forum including a piece about a now out-of-print pub- Shortly after Chris Gainor lication called 6SDFH :RUOG (see 7KH became the editor of 4XHVW 7KH 6SDFH5HYLHZ, 19 May 2008 ). +LVWRU\ RI 6SDFHIOLJKW 4XDUWHUO\, he As a kid growing up during the and publisher Scott Sacknoff peak of the Apollo program, 6SDFH approached me about contributing the :RUOG was the publication to seek out first of what is hoped to be a multi- in the library. I don’t recall that I ever part series chronicling the history of saw it on newsstands, and eventually I the publication. Now that the maga- subscribed to it. It appeared at the zine has achieved the remarkable goal same time as 6N\ 7HOHVFRSH and of 25 years of continuous publication, $VWURQRP\, but these publications did it seems appropriate to reflect back not focus on space travel. 6SDFH upon how it all got started, where it :RUOG, as its very name proclaimed, has gone, and how it has been able to did, in an easy-to-understand way continue. From the publishers, edi- through articles that made liberal use tors, and writers responsible for the of photos and illustrations. Indeed The first popular publication devoted to production of each issue to the dedi- many issues were simply reprints of covering spaceflight in the United States cated group of readers who continue press materials issued by NASA and Ray Palmer’s Space World had a near to subscribe, all share a common other aerospace companies, with the 30-year publication run from 1960- interest in outer space and in chroni- editor not even bothering to change 1988. cling humanity’s efforts to explore it. the font to match the other articles. Celebrating its silver anniver- 6SDFH :RUOG began in 1960 by sary, 4XHVW remains one of the few science fiction and comic book author (Source: Raymond Palmer, )O\LQJ printed publications in its field that Otto Binder. The very first issue hit 6DXFHUV, September 1962, 2.) has endured and that itself is worth a the newsstands in May of that year Palmer was an unusual fellow, closer study. I hope that this series will under the name 6SDFH :RUOG²7KH and more should be written about him. serve as a launching point for an in- 1HZV0DJD]LQHRI$VWUR6FLHQFH. The Writer Fred Nadis took a stab at doing depth, critical examination of the his- publication served as a counterpoint just that with his book 7KH0DQIURP tory of subscription-based publica- to the numerous lore-based UFO and 0DUV²5D\ 3DOPHU¶V $PD]LQJ 3XOS tions devoted to the exploration of flying saucer-based pulp magazines -RXUQH\ (Penguin, New York 2013). space that have come and gone over that were common at the time. In Nadis’ book he describes how the the years. In 1963, 6SDFH :RUOG was pur- diminutive Palmer, born with a Back in 2008, I read an online chased by Ray Palmer, an interesting hunchback that forced him to stand at article in 7KH 6SDFH 5HYLHZ by fre- character who cut his teeth in the just a little over 4 feet tall, created quent contributor Dwayne Day titled world of pulp fiction as editor of numerous publications that many of “A quick guide to space news publica- $PD]LQJ6WRULHV. Ray Palmer, or as he my generation grew up with, includ- tions in print” (see 7KH6SDFH5HYLHZ, liked to be called “Rap,” announced ing 2WKHU :RUOGV, 8QLYHUVH, )DWH, 5 May 2008). Day’s article offered an his recent acquisition in one of his 0\VWLF, 6HDUFK, )O\LQJ 6DXFHUV, overview of space-related publica- magazines )O\LQJ 6DXFHUV, “Now in +LGGHQ :RUOG, and of course 6SDFH tions then in print. Though not all- 6SDFH:RUOG, you will be able to get :RUOG inclusive, the article was fairly exten- the latest developments in space mat- 6SDFH :RUOG remained one of sive, giving brief opinionated ters, while in )O\LQJ6DXFHUV you will the longest running publications of its overviews of many publications in continue to get the world’s only com- kind. It survived for over a quarter of print at that time. The article resulted plete coverage of space mysteries.” a century, finally folding in December The Silver Anniversary of Quest 2 www.spacehistory101.com where I needed to go. Young and fool- could deduct payments from your pay- ish, I headed down to Huntsville in my check at no interest. This was great 1978 Datsun four-door sedan. because one of the first things that I It was while trying to keep a did as a new employee was purchase a bunch of fourth graders from sneaking Macintosh SE, complete with an out of their dorm rooms that I got the external 20MB hard drive and long-distance phone call that brought ImageWriter printer²all for the me back to Michigan. During my princely sum $2,500, an amount that, years as an undergrad at Western adjusting for inflation, would amount Michigan University, I often volun- to more than $5,000 today. teered with the Michigan Space The relative ease with which Center in Jackson, helping with their fairly high-quality publications could annual Space Day and summer space be produced as a result of the mid camps. I made some good contacts 1980s introduction of the personal and grew close to several of the staff computer and desktop publishing there, including Fran Greene, the caused a surge in niche publications. Space Center’s program coordinator. When the last issue of 6SDFH :RUOG Fran was a great inspiration as she was came out in December 1988, a faithful filled with enthusiasm and encourage- companion of my youth had passed Proving that a self-published space-his- ment in everything that she did. She away. However, by this time other tory themed publication could be done, also was close to retirement. publications had come onto the scene. Ted Talay’s excellent Space Frontiers ran The call that I received came These included &RXQWGRZQ, a monthly from 1985-1989. from Jim Satterelli. Jim was the direc- publication that focused on the Space tor of the Michigan Space Center and Shuttle program, and a slick new full had called to see if I would be interest- color bimonthly magazine called ed in coming back for an interview as )LQDO )URQWLHU²7KH 0DJD]LQH RI 1988. Whatever its business model, it Fran announced that she would be 6SDFH([SORUDWLRQ, which also hit the succeeded in spite of having a rela- retiring. I was delighted at this news as newsstands with Tony Reichhardt as tively low number of subscribers and a it allowed me to return back home editor. Tony would move on to near non-existent advertising base² with the likely prospect of obtaining become editor of the 6PLWKVRQLDQ$LU two essentials for the ongoing success employment in the space education 6SDFH0DJD]LQH, a position he still of any publication. field while no longer having to tape holds today. After Palmer’s death, his widow kids into their rooms. (We used strips Theodore A. Talay, an aerospace somehow managed to keep the maga- of masking tape across the kids’ dorm engineer with NASA’s Langley zine going. Perhaps this was due to the room doors in the Huntsville Marriott Research Center, began producing loyalty of its readers and the contribu- to make sure cadets did not leave their from his home in Newport News, tions of a then young Jim Oberg, who rooms. A quick check for broken tape Virginia, a small desktop publication worked for Palmer starting as an asso- showed if they had escaped). called 6SDFH)URQWLHUV²7KH5HVRXUFH ciate editor for )O\LQJ 6DXFHUV and After heading back north and -RXUQDORI6SDFHIOLJKW. Premiering in then, in 1976, due to Palmer’s failing meeting with the folks at Jackson 1985, each 20-page bimonthly issue health, took over as editor of 6SDFH Community College, they offered me contained photos and drawings depict- :RUOG. the job. In the fall of 1988 I became ing various rockets and spacecraft in Shortly after graduating from the new Program Coordinator of the articles “designed to educate the read- college, I was lucky enough to obtain Michigan Space Center.
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