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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.                          ###$$^~,,,
,,,,~^$$##                                          ##$$^~,,,,
,,,~^$$### 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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