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