#@#%*†=,¨¨                                          ¨¨,=†*%#@#
##@#%*†=,¨                                          ¨,=†*%#@##
#@#%*†=,¨¨                                          ¨¨,=†*%#@#
@#%*†=,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,=†*%#@
#%*†=,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,=†*%#
%*†=,¨¨¨¨¨ **†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†* ¨¨¨¨¨,=†*%
*†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ *                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    ¨¨¨¨,=†*%#
%*†=,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,=†*%
*†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ **†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†*††**†* ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†*
†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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.                              ¨¨¨¨¨,=†*%
#%*†=,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,=†*%#
@#%*†=,¨¨¨ LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ¨¨¨,=†*%#@
#@#%*†=,¨¨              FARMS.                      ¨¨,=†*%#@#
##@#%*†=,¨              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ¨,=†*%#@##
#@#%*†=,¨¨              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       ¨¨,=†*%#@#
@#%*†=,¨¨¨                        PROFESSION)       ¨¨¨,=†*%#@
#%*†=,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,=†*%#
%*†=,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,=†*%
*†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†*
†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=