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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 @§%=†«~...
..~«†=%§@@              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       @@§%=†«~..
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