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........&. III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE &&&.&...&&
.......&&& LIKE OURS, FEELS ABANDONED ..&&&..&.&
......&... IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS .&..&.&&&&
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....&.&.&. V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH .&&..&..&&
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..&......& PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED &&&&.&&&&&
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&&....&.&. ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL &&&.&.&.&.
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.&.&&..&&. (DEAD) SOIL BEFORE EACH YIELD. &&......&.
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&&...&.&.& PREVIOUS YIELD. &&&.&&&...
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.&&&...&&& TO LEAVE A BASELINE DIFFERENT TO THE &&&&&.&&..
&..&..&... LAST. NEW CORRECTING CHEMS NEED TO BE ....&&.&..
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