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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       .....,~:**
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