31 July 1964
Message to the Station staff from JPL Rep to Australia Dick Fahenstock:
FM R J FAHNESTOCK
TO W METTYEAR
BILL PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO THE STATION STAFF PRIOR TO RANGER 7 LUNAR ENCOUNTER TONIGHT:
TO ALL DSIF41 MEMBERS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUPERB EFFORT AND EXCELLENT CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD THE SUCCESS OF THE RANGER 7 MISSION AND THE VERY SATISFACTORY STATUS OF THE RANGER SPACECRAFT AS IT SPEEDS TOWARD IMPACT WITH THE MOON AND THOSE LAST PRECIOUS MINUTES WHEN WE HOPE RANGER 7 WILL MAKE HISTORY BY RETURNING THE FIRST CLOSE-UP TELEVISION PICTURES OF THE FACE OF THE MOON
YOU CAN BE PROUD, AS I AM, TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WOOMERA DSIF AND THE JPL/NASA DEEP SPACE NETWORK.
ON BEHALF OF JPL AND THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK. I COMMEND YOU.
NOW WHEN WE CAN DO NO MORE, LET US RELAX AND OFFER OUR MORAL SUPPORT AS WE LISTEN DURING THOSE LAST MINUTES AND ANXIOUSLY AWAIT THE SIGNAL THAT GOLDSTONE HAS RECEIVED THOSE PRECIOUS PICTURES.
31/0640Z JUL AADE
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