Richard Nixon

Perhaps, in spite of ourselves, we do still live in an age of miracles.

The making of space history will continue, and this Nation means to play a major role in its making.

Though our ancestors would have called the deeds of Apollo miraculous, we do not see our age as an age of miracles.

For all this, however, can we look at the record of 24 men sent to circle the Moon or to stand upon it, and 24 men returned to Earth alive and well, and not see God's hand in it?

So if there is self-congratulation, let it be tempered with awe, and our pride with prayer.

I have concluded that such additional increase would be neither fair nor justifiable.

I am pleased to congratulate the partner-members of INTELSAT and to express my confidence in the continued growth and expanding usefulness of this system.

Notwithstanding the rates of basic pay or salaries established by sections 1, 2, and 3 of this order, under section 5308 of title 5 of the United States Code no rate of basic pay or salary may be paid which is in excess of the rate now or…

It is our hope that the closing of communications gaps will greatly enhance understanding among nations.

The implications of this development are enormous, presaging improved international relations in the political, economic, cultural, and scientific spheres.

The agencies hereinafter designated shall prescribe such rules as may he necessary to convert the rates of basic pay or salaries of officers and employees to the rates prescribed in this order:

One way of achieving this is to maintain a salary scale for civil servants that is just and comparable to that received by equivalent individuals in the private sector.

The adjustment I have ordered is based on recommendations submitted to me by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, who serve jointly as my 'agent' for Federal pay.

This marks an historic milestone in international communications, with consequences ranging far into the future.

The schedules contained in section 4107 of title 38 of the United States Code, for certain positions within the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, are adjusted as follows:

The rates of basic pay in the General Schedule contained in section 5332(a) of title 5 of the United States Code are adjusted as follows:

I NOTE with special satisfaction today that the number of ratifications necessary to bring the INTELSAT definitive agreements into force has been fulfilled.

As President I have a special appreciation of the contribution that the service makes to our Nation, and I am pledged to continue striving to make it an even more effective, responsive part of our Government.

Consistent with the provisions of section 3 of the Economic Stabilization Act Amendments of 1971, this order shall take effect as of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1973.

This Executive order complies with section 8 of Public Law 90-207 (81 Stat. 654), which provides that whenever the rates of the General Schedule of compensation for Federal classified employees are adjusted upwards, there shall immediately…

To Gene Cernan, Jack Schmitt, and Ronald Evans, we say God speed you safely back to this good Earth.

But space exploration will continue, the benefits of space exploration will continue, the search for knowledge through the exploration of space will continue, and there will be new dreams to pursue based on what we have learned.

Few events have ever marked so clearly the passage of history from one epoch to another.

We do this not only because it is man's destiny to dream the impossible, to dare the impossible, and to do the impossible, but also because in space, as on Earth, there are new answers and new opportunities for the improvement and the…

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, Part II of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows