We put a dude on the moon, the significance of which cannot be overstated.
This famous quote by Carl Sagan about sums it up: “A scientific colleague tells me about a recent trip to the New Guinea highlands where she visited a stone age culture hardly contacted by Western civilization. They were ignorant of wristwatches, soft drinks, and frozen food. But they knew about Apollo 11. They knew that humans had walked on the Moon. They knew the names of Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins. They wanted to know who was visiting the Moon these days.”