The Press: Splitting Up Space

The new activity in missiles, rockets and outer-space vehicles has spawned a whole galaxy of new magazines. Last week a team of space journalists announced that they will try to establish still another publishing constellation. Erik Bergaust, 33, editor of Missiles and Rockets (paid circ. 23,091), and four of his top associates are leaving Wayne Parrish's American Aviation Publications to form their own publishing house.

Since Parrish started Missiles and Rockets in 1956 industry sales have risen from $1.2 billion a year to an estimated $7 billion. Operating on the Wayne Parrish rule...

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