joining me now is kate arkless gray, a space journalist. the industry? this is a really exciting mission, the first time any commercialflight has mission, the first time any commercial flight has attempted something like this but it isn't really the core of the business that they do which is launch services. they definitely are the key player in launching rockets and payloads and now they are able to launch pretty much once per week if not more than that. that is where their true strength lies but they have been doing more and more with commercial space missions and sending astronauts to space. you said they aren't professional, i think that is unfair on them because they have been training for this mission for the past two years, although how we define astronaut these days is a matter of some contention i think. how significant is this, notjust for spacex, but the whole industry? well, i think it is an example of what can be done by private companies and that is quite exciting to see them pushing the boundaries of space like that. this is t

kate arkless gray is a space journalist — we asked her about spacex's dominance of the industry at theed something like this but it isn't really the core of the business that they do which is launch services. they definitely are the key player in launching rockets and payloads and now they are able to launch pretty much once per week if not more than that. that is where their true strength lies but they have been doing more and more with commercial space missions and sending astronauts to space. you said they aren't professional, i think that is unfair on them because they have been training for this mission for the past two years, although how we define astronaut these days is a matter of some contention i think. in other news... gaza's economy has shrunk to less than a sixth of its size since the israel—hamas war began nearly a year ago — while unemployment in the west bank has nearly tripled. that's according to a report from the un that described gaza's economy as "in ruins". the unemployment rate in the west bank has more than doubled from 12.9% to 32%. global sales of fully elect