(Mostly I had been waiting all day for an excuse to express my astonishment about how early some of those CG movies came about

)
Anyway, yeah. Abbacus::Calculator. Sundial::Rolex. Fig Leaf::Hanes. Pick your fav.
Just because a particular feat is astonishing, even by today's standards, is not proof that it could not have been done. In my opinion, there's equally or exceedingly astonishing feats achieved by men much longer ago than '69. And just because we don't recreate them today doesn't mean we
can't.