Read the excerpt from the NASA article called "July 20, 1969: One Giant Leap for Mankind." Armstrong and Aldrin blast off and dock with Collins in Columbia. Collins later says that "for the first time," he "really felt that we were going to carry this thing off."

How does this quotation help the reader understand Michael Collins as he is described in The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon?

A. It shows that he believed that the mission had not been accomplished because the wrong people had been involved.

B. It shows that although he did not land on the moon, he was invested in the mission’s success.

C. It shows that he believed that the mission would be accomplished because he was a major part of it.

D. It shows that he believed the mission would have been more successful if he had been in a different role.