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###§%**~:¨ *                LCROSS                * ¨:~**%§###
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§%**~:¨¨¨¨   I. SENT ON A ROCKET INTO EARTH ORBIT   ¨¨¨¨:~**%§
#§%**~:¨¨¨  II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET    ¨¨¨:~**%§#
##§%**~:¨¨ III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE   ¨¨:~**%§##
###§%**~:¨      LIKE OURS, FEELS ABANDONED          ¨:~**%§###
##§%**~:¨¨  IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS      ¨¨:~**%§##
#§%**~:¨¨¨      WITH DUST ON SOLAR PANELS           ¨¨¨:~**%§#
§%**~:¨¨¨¨   V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH      ¨¨¨¨:~**%§
#§%**~:¨¨¨      BELIEF IN ITS SUCCESS FOR PRECIOUS  ¨¨¨:~**%§#
##§%**~:¨¨      PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED    ¨¨:~**%§##
###§%**~:¨  VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER    ¨:~**%§###
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#§%**~:¨¨¨ ON EARTH  AT THIS TIME THE SOIL HAS BEEN ¨¨¨:~**%§#
##§%**~:¨¨ CONTAMINATED  BY   PREVIOUS  GENERATIONS ¨¨:~**%§##
###§%**~:¨ ATTEMPTS   AT   LARGE-SCALE   INDUSTRIAL ¨:~**%§###
##§%**~:¨¨ FARMING.     BESPOKE    CHEMICALS    ARE ¨¨:~**%§##
#§%**~:¨¨¨ MANUFACTURED  AND   ADDED   TO   "CLEAN" ¨¨¨:~**%§#
§%**~:¨¨¨¨ (DEAD)    SOIL    BEFORE   EACH   YIELD. ¨¨¨¨:~**%§
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##§%**~:¨¨ THESE  CHEMS  ARE  MADE  TO  CREATE  THE ¨¨:~**%§##
###§%**~:¨ CORRECT  ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PLANTS  TO ¨:~**%§###
##§%**~:¨¨ GROW,  CORRECTING   THE   AFTERBURN   OF ¨¨:~**%§##
#§%**~:¨¨¨ METABOLITES  FROM   THE  CHEMS  OF   THE ¨¨¨:~**%§#
§%**~:¨¨¨¨ PREVIOUS YIELD.                          ¨¨¨¨:~**%§
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##§%**~:¨¨ IT IS  NOT UNCOMMON  FOR EACH  ITERATION ¨¨:~**%§##
###§%**~:¨ TO  LEAVE  A BASELINE  DIFFERENT TO  THE ¨:~**%§###
##§%**~:¨¨ LAST.  NEW  CORRECTING CHEMS NEED  TO BE ¨¨:~**%§##
#§%**~:¨¨¨ CREATED  THEN FOR  EACH TIME THE SOIL IS ¨¨¨:~**%§#
§%**~:¨¨¨¨ TO BE USED.                              ¨¨¨¨:~**%§
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##§%**~:¨¨ LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ¨¨:~**%§##
###§%**~:¨              FARMS.                      ¨:~**%§###
##§%**~:¨¨              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ¨¨:~**%§##
#§%**~:¨¨¨              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       ¨¨¨:~**%§#
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