"Bob Haller" wrote in message
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doesnt matter once lit it must burn to completion. theres no way to get
away from a solid you know is going bad.

That's ridiculous. If you have time to know it's going bad, you have time to
escape. An LES-type system can extract a crew before they are overcome by
the explosion. They may be very sore from the g-loading, but they'll be
alive.