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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    ###@§=†~.¨
¨.~†=%§@##                                          ##@§%=†~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.~=§ ==†=††==†=††==†=††==†=††==†=††==†=††==†= §=~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~==%§                                          §%==~.¨¨¨¨
¨.~†=====§ 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)       #@%%%=†~.¨
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