Obama to Guest on 'Mythbusters'

Obama to Guest on 'Mythbusters'

Published: October 18, 2010 @ 10:34 am
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By Brent Lang

Hope President Barack Obama is comfortable around explosives.

As part of the White House Science Fair, the commander-in-chief announced that he will help pyrotechnic gods Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage as a guest on Discovery Channel’s popular series,
"Mythbusters."

"I can announce today that I taped a special guest appearance for their show, although I didn’t get blow anything up … I was a little frustrated about that,” Obama said.

The president will be featured in the December 8 episode, "Archimedes Solar Ray," during which he will challenge hosts Savage and Hyneman to revisit an ancient and somewhat controversial myth: Did Greek scientist and polymath Archimedes set fire to an invading Roman fleet using only mirrors and the reflected rays of the sun?

Tags: Barack Obama, Discovery Channel, Mythbusters, Television
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