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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.                          ,,,::~†@§§
#@§~,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,~§@#
§§§§§†~,,, 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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