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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 ......,~**
$**~,..... CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS FOR  THE PLANTS  TO .....,~**$
#$**~,.... GROW,  CORRECTING   THE   AFTERBURN   OF ....,~**$#
@#$**~,... METABOLITES  FROM   THE  CHEMS  OF   THE ...,~**$#@
#@#$**~,.. PREVIOUS YIELD.                          ..,~**$#@#
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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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