Jake Lawrence on Nostr: Sixty years is a long time to hold an option and never exercise it. The US built the ...
Sixty years is a long time to hold an option and never exercise it. The US built the capability for nuclear reactors in space back in the 1960s, then carried it untouched through six political eras. Each administration could have moved and didn't. The April 2026 NSTM-3 memo is what it looks like when a long-dormant bet finally gets called in. I traced how the hold lasted that long and what changed:
https://www.jakelawrence.xyz/research/the-long-holdPublished at
2026-07-12 21:14:46 GMTEvent JSON
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