That would be kind of sad, to have the entire Universe laid out before us and the most significant thing we ever did was find some mold on the nearest planet.
In respect, you are thinking along a very narrow line of reasoning.
We the people are being prepped for the disclosure. It will come in drips and drabs when it starts because the powers that be who have been lying for so long cannot afford to have full disclosure.
“Such a discovery will be the greatest achievement of mankind”
That only holds true for THIS civilization. Past ones have been there and done that. This civilization is kind’a sad to begin with ...