The secret is out. The skeptic astronomer, Phil Plate, had a super secret project that is now in the public domain. He has been working on a fabulous new Discovery channel series, here is a preview.
It feels a bit like “Death from the skies” meets “Mythbusters”, lots of practical real science that de-bunks the popular cultural myths using lots of cool graphics and real explosions.
Update Sat 24: [There was a problem with the video, and Discovery is in the process of fixing it. It should be back up soon.]
Update-2: Video is fixed now