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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. ¨^~\==@@#@
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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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