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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    ¨¨¨::^&###
#§^:¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨:^§#
##@#&§^~:¨ §§^§^^§§^§^^§§^§^^§§^§^^§§^§^^§§^§^^§§^§ ¨:~^§&#@##
@@#§§§^~:¨                                          ¨:~^§§§#@@
##§§^~¨¨¨¨ 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       ¨¨¨¨¨~§§&@
@@##&§^~:¨                        PROFESSION)       ¨:~^§&##@@
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