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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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##§§*^-^.. ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL ..^-^*§§##
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##§§*^-^.. 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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.......... 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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