Commander in transit survives Planet smashing?

I haven't tried it yet, but is it possible for a commander to survive planet smashing when it is in transit between the only 2 planets on the map?

Thanks

Yep, in fact, it gets pinged to the sun and is invincible!

This has been tested quite thoroughly by myself and some other very curious Realm members. While the commander is pinged into the sun, he does not stay there. In about twenty to thirty minutes, he will find his way back to the only planet left, regardless of his original destination. Our first successful test of this was an interesting game - my team managed to save an SXX laser, an ADV radar sat, and some Solar Panels along with the commander. Even though the other team arrived back on the planet first, we managed to out-do them because we could see EVERYTHING