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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       #&%$:~,...
....,~:$%&                        PROFESSION)       &%$:~,....
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