"Space Patrol"'s creator was William "Mike" Moser, a World War II veteran United States naval aviator. In frequent interviews such as one given to "Time" magazine in March 1952, Moser stated that he developed the series idea while flying across the Pacific. He was determined to create a children's television program that was as exciting to them as Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon had been to him during his youth. Moser took his idea to KECA-TV, a local Los Angeles ABC station. They bought the concept and "Space Patrol" began airing in March 1950.