I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance of mission success and maybe 96% chance of survival. And we were willing to take those odds.
-- Alan Shepard
   
Alan Shepard   Name:
Alan Shepard
Type:
Astronaut
Nationality:
American
Birth:
November 18, 1923
Death:
July 21, 1998
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