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Vinzent Hoefler wrote:
> Well, still better it simply falls down doing nothing more harmful than 
> to bury some sheep under it, than to detonate over the wrong (friendly) 
> target.

I meant that there's no time or ability to restart, so it may as well
keep on going instead of shut down. Self-destruct is usually handled
by the ground controllers anyway.