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RARE \"Fusion Torch\" Bernard Eastlund Hand Signed 3X5 Card:
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Up for sale a RARE! "Fusion Torch" Bernard Eastlund Hand Signed 3X5 Card. 

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Bernard

J. Eastlund (1938 – December

12, 2007) was an American physicist who received his B.S. in of Technology (MIT) and his Ph.D. in physics

from Columbia University. In

1970 he received a Special Achievement Certificate from the U. S. Atomic

Energy Commission for co-invention of the "fusion torch." Eastlund

attended MIT, receiving a B.S Physics degree in 1960. In 1965, he received a

Ph.D. in plasma physics from Columbia University, and spent 3 years as a

post-doc fellow there. Eastlund became a staff member at the fusion office at

the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (USAEC) in 1968. The USAEC recognized

Eastlund's paper, "The Fusion Torch" co-authored with William C.

Gough, with a Special Award in 1970. Scientific American magazine

published a review of fusion programs by Eastland and Gough in 1971. In

1974, Eastlund left the USAEC and co-founded Fusion Systems Corporation, which

focused on ultraviolet-based curing technology with applications in the

packaging and manufacturing industry. Fusion Systems technology was used for

fast-drying industrial requirements such as labels on Coors beer cans and

furniture varnishes. The company sold in 1997 for $193 million. In

1979, Eastlund left Fusion Systems to become Vice President of Energy Research

for BDM Corporation. Eastlund served as a member of the Board of Directors and

also as treasurer at Fusion Power Associates. After leaving BDM, Eastlund

worked for Atlantic Richfield Corporation. In 1987 he founded Production

Technologies International Corporation and in 1996 he founded Eastlund

Scientific Enterprises Corporation. In 2003, Eastlund was awarded a U.S. House

of Representatives Certificate of Recognition for contributions to homeland

security technology. Eastlund

was in favor of funding research into weather modification and

control that could reduce the impact of severe weather. He envisioned

"concepts for electromagnetic wave interactions with the atmosphere that,

among a range of jobs, could be applied to weather modification research"

and that such research could mature to a new science in 10 or 20 years. He

was active in astrophysics, and later

work included co-authoring papers regarding pulsars and gamma bursters presented in the Astrophysical Journal and

at scientific symposiums. In later years, he continued to

collaborate with Gough and George Miley on their fusion torch concepts.

Eastlund died December 12, 2007 at his home in St.Louis, survived by his wife,

Sherrie, and several children. Eastlund authored 53 peer reviewed scientific

papers and 23 US patents for applications such as well-drilling, sterilization

of medical devices, high intensity lighting, and atmospheric plasma heating. One

of Eastlund's patents (US4686605 A) described an adaptation of concepts first

proposed by Nikola and apparatus for altering a region in the

earth's atmosphere, ionosphere, and/or magnetosphere", described as

"grandiose", proposed a 40-mile square, HAARP-like radio transmitter

that used Alaskan natural gas to generate current to create electromagnetic

radiation that would excite a section of the ionosphere. Eastlund's patent speculated on "possible

ramifications and potential future developments" including magnetotelluric

surveys, local weather modification, and missile defense. Eastlund later claimed that HAARP was

built using his patents, as Nick Begich to claim that HAARP is capable of

secretly controlling the weather. According to HAARP program manager John L.

Heckscher, "HAARP certainly does not have anything to do with Eastlund's

thing, that is just crazy. What we have here is a premier scientific research

facility with military applications." 

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