If they nail this, everyone in the world had better be impressed. The main reason there’s never been a probe to Pluto before this is, it was unlikely we could hit it without some autonomous processing power unavailable back when the Pioneers and Voyager outer system probes were being designed and built. The US’ first attempt at Mars managed to take some photos during the flyby, but missed the planet by just enough that it couldn’t enter orbit (mid 1960s).
I certainly agree with your assessment. It is no doubt a technological tour-de-force in its undertaking, mind-boggling in scope, scientific achievement, navigational know-how.It will be a great moment for NASA and the US, an accomplishment Americans can once again revel and be proud of in the successful completion of the Pluto mission.