Also, four entities have launched rockets into space: the US, China, the Soviet Union (Russia) and Elon Musk.
This guy is thinking and planning on a scale I find it hard to even imagine, to fit in my brain.
France [1], Japan [2], India [3], Israel [4], Iran [5], and even North Korea [6] have developed and launched rockets that successfully put satellites in orbit.
I like Elon as much as the next guy, but this mythologizing is just too much.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamant
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_(rocket_family)
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Launch_Vehicle
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavit
"the four entities in history who have managed to launch a spacecraft into orbit and successfully return it to Earth are the US, Russia, China—and SpaceX"