The Ariane 5 satellite launch vehicle failed because

a. a faulty on-board computer caused the other computers in the network to crash repeatedly.
b. a bad sensor fed faulty information into the flight control computer, causing it to fail.
c. the rocket’s on-board computer sent back faulty information to ground control, causing the human controllers to destroy the rocket.
d. code that worked correctly on the Ariane 4 failed on the Ariane 5
e. a software failure caused the rocket to self-destruct when in actuality the rocket’s flight was going perfectly.


D

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