https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=US-DF12DpVkVoyager 1 & 2 , launched in 1977, is still the testament to what can be accomplished in exploration. Basic language was developed in 1964, and five years later , with computers the size of 18 wheelers, and "workers" building and testing space Craft with pencil and paper, "Space Pilots" stepped out of their "craft" on to the moon, in front of the world.
The Voyager project stands alone, and is testament to human ingenuity with "pencil & paper", and sending Chuck Berrys music out into the universe, is classic American Spirit, and The technology of "communication" across vast distances, is kinda like "Music" . The programmers of that day were the "auto pilots" for the space craft, and it's pilots, and were on equal footing with the pilots, and the space craft.
1964 tecnology.....1969 technology .........1977 technology .......56 years later technology is still driven by human ingenuity and curiosity , and
Anything is PossibleOther films that show this are:
Fantastic Voyage
InnerSpace
Tron