on What happened to Schrödinger's actual cat?0 votes

there's a real experiment called quantum Darwinism trying to explain why we never actually see superposition at macro scales, kind of related to this whole idea

on What happened to Enron after the accounting scandal?0 votes

it collapsed into bankruptcy in 2001 after it came out they'd been hiding billions in debt through accounting fraud. it wiped out thousands of employees' retirement savings and is still taught as THE case study in corporate fraud.

on What happened to Laika, the first dog in space?accepted4 votes

she died within hours of launch in 1957 from overheating, something the Soviets didn't admit publicly until decades later. the mission was never designed to bring her back alive.

on What happened to the Space Shuttle program after it ended?accepted2 votes

NASA retired it in 2011 after 30 years, mainly due to cost and safety concerns after the Challenger and Columbia disasters. the orbiters are now museum pieces around the US.