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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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,,,,,,~:*#                                          #*:~,,,,,,
,~=$*&####                                          ####&*$=~,
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