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