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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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###@%%†=~. %%†%††%%†%††%%†%††%%†%††%%†%††%%†%††%%†% .~=†%%@###
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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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