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#@@@§*\~~. i. sent on a rocket into earth orbit .~~\*§@@@#
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##@@@*\~~. iii. searched for traces of other life .~~\*@@@##
@@@§\\\~~. like ours, feels abandoned .~~\\\§@@@
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#@@@§*\~~. v. pioneer experiment, not enough .~~\*§@@@#
@@@@§*\~~. belief in its success for precious .~~\*§@@@@
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@@@§*~.... 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 ....~~\§§@
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#@@@§*\~~. created then for each time the soil is .~~\*§@@@#
#@@@§*\~~. to be used. .~~\*§@@@#
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##@@§*\~~. larger-scale forms. .~~\*§@@##
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##@@@*\~~. they would employ their own .~~\*@@@##
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