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....-=†=¤@ =                LCROSS                † @¤=†=-....
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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          @¤=†=-....
.....-=†=¤  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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..-=†=¤@¶# 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 †=-.......
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