Robotics
Automation and employment: what the evidence supports
The research is more equivocal than either the enthusiasts or the alarmists suggest, and the distributional findings are clearer than the aggregate ones.
Topic
economics
Every Muskeology article tagged economics — 4 pieces across 2 sections.
Space
Starship-class vehicles and what fully reusable would mean
Recovering the second stage is the remaining hard problem, and solving it would change the economics more than booster reuse did.
Space
Launch costs: reading the numbers honestly
Dollars per kilogram is the standard figure and it hides orbit, integration, insurance and whether the price is a price at all.
Space
Reusable rockets: what actually changed
Recovering a booster is an engineering achievement. Turning it around cheaply is the part that altered the industry.