The Apollo 8 mission was the first manned crew to use the new Saturn V rocket. This rocket was the most powerful on Earth and had never been used with a manned crew. In fact, it had only been test twice. What did one of the three-man crew members say was his guess of their probability of surviving?

Select one:
a. One crew member estimated a 1 in 3 (or 33%) chance that they would survive.
b. Like all the employees of NASA the crew knew they would survive. This was already routine flights.
c. 50/50 chance to live