And to spice things up a bit, it seems that the reason for this crash was a bug in the vehicle's software: "Post-crash analysis has revealed what went wrong --

And to spice things up a bit, it seems that the reason for this crash was a bug in the vehicle's software: "Post-crash analysis has revealed what went wrong -- the automatic shutdown that should have triggered when Texel first touched down did not occur. That's because the computer was mistakenly told to expect a stronger signal from the touchdown sensor, beyond what it is actually capable of producing."