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#@#&†^«:,, ††^†^^††^†^^††^†^^††^†^^††^†^^††^†^^††^† ,,:«^†&#@#
##@#&†^«:, †                LCROSS                ^ ,:«^†&#@##
#@#&†^«:,, ^††^^†^††^^†^††^^†^††^^†^††^^†^††^^†^††^ ,,:«^†&#@#
##@#&†^«:,                                          ,:«^†&#@##
#@#&†^«:,,   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. ,,:«^†&#@#
##@#&†^«:,                                          ,:«^†&#@##
#@#&†^«:,, 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       ,:«^†&#@##
#@#&†^«:,,                        PROFESSION)       ,,:«^†&#@#
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