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From: john@assen.demon.co.uk (John McCabe)
Subject: Re: Ariane 5 failure
Date: 1996/09/27
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rav@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (@@           robin) wrote:

<..snip..>

Just a point for your information. From clari.tw.space:

	 "An inquiry board investigating the explosion concluded in  
July that the failure was caused by software design errors in a 
guidance system."

Note software DESIGN errors - not programming errors.



Best Regards
John McCabe <john@assen.demon.co.uk>