Well, NASA has said they’ve lost their technology to go to the moon, so I’m correct in saying “they lost their late sixties technology”...
You have absolutely no idea what that sentence actually means. None whatsoever.
Guess what, Sparkydoodles? We've also "lost" the technology to build the Iowa class battleships. Chew on that for a few years. Learn some actual science and engineering, while you're at it. Then maybe you'll begin to comprehend what is actually meant by "losing" technology.
As to the completely wrong part of your comment, the Atlas V is not early sixties technology. The RD180 engine was designed in the late 1990s and first flew in 2000. And yes, the rocket really did put a satellite in orbit around Earth, which really is roughly an oblate spheroid in shape.