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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 #&&&%=\-,,
,,-\=%&# ##&&%=\-,,
,,,,,\\% ==\=\\==\=\\==\=\\==\=\\==\=\\==\=\\==\= #&%\\,,,,,
,,-\=%## ###&%=\-,,
,,,,\\==&& 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. ###&%=\-,,
,,-\=%%& #&&%%=\-,,
,,,,,,,-=& 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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