Time's Meme Of The Year.
Lens caps.
-trips memories of the Venus Probe the USSR sent up. Camera fail. No photo for KGB Pravda, PhD sent to gulag. Much analysis followed then solution. Lens cap removal spring thing failed as lens cap assembly scorched/melted in place.
So one day comrade are top 1pc in tech field, in exciting Space Sector, next day Comrade you fight off other comrades for a manky crust of bread in a subzero gulag.