In any organization in the world, be it military or civilian, there is a saying: if something goes wrong, goes wrong and doesn't move properly, use WD-40, and if it moves when it doesn't need to - a sticky tape, or scotch. Invented during World War II to wrap shops and boxes with cannons to make them waterproof in the jungle, the tape has since become a must-have element of the set for any task. It was even used to fix the wing on the Apollo 17 lunar rover when it suddenly broke on the lunar surface, as well as to fit rounded CO2 gas washers into square-shaped holes to save the lives of the Apollo 13 crew.

Dick Francis "The Cross Hollow"