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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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