mr. alverez, could take place with his wife, the father of two, could take place within one hour's time. to point out for america, we are part of this. that nasa contributed to developing the technology to help. we are part of this. it is even particularly fun to watch from it that -- we are not just voyeurs, we are sharing in the excitement and success, at least we hope it is going to be a success. >> reporter: i that i is something that the president himself pointed out. that people from around the world helped in the rescue. and nasa helped with some of the technology and with some of the psychology. at the same time nasa is open to learning from this. to see how the miners coped in a stressful situation. i think this could become a test case not only for nasa perhaps for the military as well. it is a perfect scenario for an isolated unit. how do you survive when you are all alone and on your own? this was a test case in that when you had 17 days with minimum resources, a couple cans of tuna fish. how do you keep from killing each other? instead of killing each other to organize and t