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##@##&=†^¨ =                LCROSS                † ¨^†=&##@##
#@##&=†~^¨ †==††=†==††=†==††=†==††=†==††=†==††=†==† ¨^~†=&##@#
#@##&=†~^¨                                          ¨^~†=&##@#
#@##&=†~^¨   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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##&†~~^¨¨¨ ==†=††==†=††==†=††==†=††==†=††==†=††==†= ¨¨¨^~~†&##
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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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