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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 .&.&..&&..
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&&&..&.&.& PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED ...&&&&&&.
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&...&.&.&. ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL &..&&&.&&.
&..&&&&&&. FARMING. BESPOKE CHEMICALS ARE &.&..&&.&&
&.&.....&& MANUFACTURED AND ADDED TO "CLEAN" &&&.&.&&..
&&&....&.. (DEAD) SOIL BEFORE EACH YIELD. ..&&&&.&.&
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...&..&&.& METABOLITES FROM THE CHEMS OF THE ..&&&&&&..
..&&.&.&&& PREVIOUS YIELD. .&.....&..
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..&..&&.&& TO LEAVE A BASELINE DIFFERENT TO THE &&..&&&&.&
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&.&&&&.&.& CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS &&&&..&..&
&&...&&&&& TO BE USED. ...&.&&.&.
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