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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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