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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 ###&$/~~..
...~~/$# ##&$/~~...
....~~/$ $$/$//$$/$//$$/$//$$/$//$$/$//$$/$//$$/$ #&$/~~....
.....~~/$& &$/~~.....
......~~/$ ON EARTH AT THIS TIME THE SOIL HAS BEEN $/~~......
.......~~/ CONTAMINATED BY PREVIOUS GENERATIONS /~~.......
........~~ ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL ~~........
.........~ FARMING. BESPOKE CHEMICALS ARE ~.........
........~~ MANUFACTURED AND ADDED TO "CLEAN" ~~........
.......~~/ (DEAD) SOIL BEFORE EACH YIELD. /~~.......
......~~/$ $/~~......
.....~~/$& 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 $/~~......
.......~~/ TO BE USED. /~~.......
........~~ ~~........
.........~ LARGER-SCALE FORMS. ~.........
........~~ FARMS. ~~........
.......~~/ THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN /~~.......
......~~/$ CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE $/~~......
.....~~/$& PROFESSION) &$/~~.....
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