Craig Fink wrote in
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The video shows what happens to a component of the solid fuel that was
considered a non-explosive at the time. Mix it all together, and it's
still a non-explosive? I don't think so. Then put men and women in a
vehicle riding on this, non-explosive, that can't have higher order
detonation, like Ammonium Perchlorate can't? I don't think so.

And you'd be wrong. Channeling Hob Baller again?

Granted, solids have unforgiving failure modes and I'm generally
not happy with Ares 1 as a concept, but the fuel grain won't detonate.
Your simplistic thinking ignores the engineering that went into
the propellant design that makes it very energetic, but stable.

--Damon