>> frank other man was instrumental in reviewing the issue. >> nasa investigate it had self that left the outside people without the slightest idea of what was going on. that was one of the hall marks of the confidence that the public had in nasa at that time. we were able to get a team together and point out the failures and fix it. >> the testimony to congress helped convince the government and public although there was always risks nasa could learn from their mistakes and they should go ahead. >> the launch pad disaster may have allowed nasa to get to the moon faster than scheduled. >> we had an opportunity to work from the mistake. with you to accelerate the