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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    ........,~
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*=~,...... **=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=*==**=* ......,~=*
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@$*=~,.... ON EARTH AT THIS TIME THE SOIL  HAS BEEN ....,~=*$@
#@$*=~,... CONTAMINATED   BY  PREVIOUS  GENERATIONS ...,~=*$@#
##@$*=~,.. ATTEMPTS   AT   LARGE-SCALE   INDUSTRIAL ..,~=*$@##
###@$*=~,. FARMING.    BESPOKE    CHEMICALS     ARE .,~=*$@###
##@$*=~,.. MANUFACTURED   AND   ADDED   TO  "CLEAN" ..,~=*$@##
#@$*=~,... (DEAD)    SOIL   BEFORE    EACH   YIELD. ...,~=*$@#
@$*=~,....                                          ....,~=*$@
$*=~,..... THESE  CHEMS  ARE  MADE  TO  CREATE  THE .....,~=*$
*=~,...... 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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