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Well the article says it's made of material that wouldn't catch fire if that's what you're specifically Wondering.

Presumably smart people would be insulating the battery from an external surge like a lightning strike.

However in practical senses the lightning would go into the rest of the ground as the grounding wire would be bypassing the concrete.

Generally yes because the taller person has lower resistance relative to the shorter person. So unless they're connected, lightning would pass through the person with the least resistance to the ground (easiest way to dissipate a voltage difference).

The grounding wire would just bypass the concrete into the earth.

Why does the lightning hit the rocket instead of an antenna that's a lower height than the rocket?

Where does energy want to flow, to a higher concentration of energy or a lower concentration?