Not sure if y'll know this.....
The town I was born in and currently work in, Huntsville Al, is known as the Rocket City. It was really the birthplace of NASA; where Werner Von Braun lived and worked. And is today a very high-tech, missile & space development hub for some of the finest brains in our country.
There's a new show coming on the National Geo channel that I suspect is something akin to Myth Busters. It involves a few scientist from our area. You can read about them and the show here:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/rocket-city-rednecks/?source=banner_semgngc_188