Mondale explained his actions in a 2001 interview: "I think that by forcing a public confrontation about these heretofore secret and deep concerns about the safety and the management of the program, it forced NASA to restructure and reorganize the program in a way that was much safer." (In the 1998 miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon", Mondale is portrayed (by John Slattery) as being entirely against the space program and wanting to shut it down following the disaster, but after moving testimony by astronaut Frank Borman (David Andrews), Mondale acquiesces.)