At least people will stop countering any criticism of the US with "Well, it's the only country that put a man on the moon too!"
For the rest... is there anything humans can do up there robots can't do better and cheaper?
In all fairness, the conditions that saw the demo scene rising are so remote to be almost incomprehensible to the new generation.
"You see, when a cracking crew beat the protection of a new game, they would upload their hacked version to an elite BBS and repackaged it with a little intro and a trainer. They had to be very creative and skilled, often working directly in assembler, in order to achieve impressive imagery and chip music while still fitting on the same 1.4MB floppy."