Rikkitic:
OK, point taken. As I said, I'm not an engineer, but the idea seemed reasonable to me. Let's see what the investigation concludes.
Mythbusters may have oversimplified the science, but it attracted the interest of people who normally would never have watched anything more challenging than the Kardashians. I think it performed a valuable public service and I'm sorry it is gone. (Attempts to resuscitate it with other actors just didn't work; Adam and Jamie had a unique chemistry, both literal and figurative. A pity they didn't like each other.)
It made entertaining TV but I wouldn't go as far to say Mythbusters in it's later shows performed a 'vauable public service" as they more than likely lead a lot of people to incorrect conclusions on subject matters those people had no idea about.