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IN ADDITION THE TIMELY EXECUTION OF THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EXTEND FAR BEHIND THESE PARTICULAR CLUSTERS AND SCIENCE GOALS. THE HITOMI RECOVERY MISSION XARM WILL BE IDENTICAL TO HITOMI EXCEPT THAT IT LACKS THE HARD X-RAY TELESCOPES WHICH WERE VERY SIMILAR IN CAPABILITY TO NUSTAR. HITOMI'S (AND MOST LIKELY XARM'S) PRIME CLUSTER TARGETS WERE ALL NEARBY BRIGHT EXTENDED CLUSTERS LIKE PERSEUS AND COMA. THE CURRENT NUSTAR COMA MOSAIC ALONG WITH FUTURE DEEP OBSERVATIONS CAN EFFECTIVELY RETURN THE HARD BAND SCIENCE CAPABILITY NOW LOST. BY DEMONSTRATING THAT SCATTERED LIGHT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY DEALT WITH AND BY DEVELOPING THE TOOLS TO DO IT A STRONG CASE CAN BE MADE FOR A NUSTAR LEGACY PROGRAM TO MOSAIC FUTURE XARM CLUSTERS SUCH AS THE PERSEUS CLUSTER WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN OBSERVED BY NUSTAR. THEREFORE WE HOPE THAT THIS MODEST PROPOSAL WILL PROVIDE A LONG TERM SCIENCE RETURN WELL BEYOND THEIR IMMEDIATE---AND IMPORTANT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT---SCIENTIFIC GOALS.

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