False computer command blamed in Ariane V failure
A spurious computer command sent the first Ariane V booster heeling over sideways only 37 seconds into its inaugural flight, wrecking what had been shaping up to be a textbook flight and throwing Europe's civil and commercial space program into uncertainty over the long-term. But loss of the $500...
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