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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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###¤%%:~^¨ %%:%::%%:%::%%:%::%%:%::%%:%::%%:%::%%:% ¨^~:%%¤###
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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       ¨^~:%%¤###
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