One fail-safe after another had let them down. Helped by the ionospheric storm, the sheer perversity of inanimate things struck again. (Arthur C. Clarke)

One fail-safe after another had let them down. Helped by the ionospheric storm, the sheer perversity of inanimate things struck again.

Arthur C. Clarke

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