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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   .,«/%@#@##
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##@#@%/«,.  IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS      .,«/%@#@##
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@@@@@%/«,.   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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###@@%/«,. ATTEMPTS   AT   LARGE-SCALE   INDUSTRIAL .,«/%@@###
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##@#@%/«,. MANUFACTURED   AND  ADDED   TO   "CLEAN" .,«/%@#@##
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###@@%/«,. CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS  FOR  THE PLANTS TO .,«/%@@###
##@#@%/«,. GROW,  CORRECTING   THE   AFTERBURN   OF .,«/%@#@##
###@@%/«,. METABOLITES  FROM  THE   CHEMS   OF  THE .,«/%@@###
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##@#@%/«,. IT  IS NOT  UNCOMMON  FOR EACH ITERATION .,«/%@#@##
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