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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   .........:
~:........      LIKE OURS, FEELS ABANDONED          ........:~
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#%/~:.....   V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH      .....:~/%#
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#@#%/~:...      PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED    ...:~/%#@#
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#%/~:..... 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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#@#%/~:... PREVIOUS YIELD.                          ...:~/%#@#
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#@#%/~:... LAST. NEW CORRECTING  CHEMS  NEED  TO BE ...:~/%#@#
@#%/~:.... CREATED THEN FOR EACH  TIME  THE SOIL IS ....:~/%#@
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~:........              FARMS.                      ........:~
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