As seen here, the booster charge blows the frangible nut apart in the optimum location, minimizing any collateral damage.

Image courtesy of pyrotechnic engineer Christopher W. Brown at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Brown works with the team of engineers responsible for the design, testing and implementation of pyrotechnics for a variety of space exploration initiatives, including the Constellation Program, which will send human explorers back to the moon and onward to other unexplored parts of the solar system.

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