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.#......## 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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#....#.##. MANUFACTURED  AND   ADDED   TO   "CLEAN" ..###...##
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..#.##..#. LAST. NEW CORRECTING  CHEMS NEED  TO  BE ..###...#.
....###... CREATED  THEN FOR  EACH TIME THE SOIL IS ..#.##...#
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