Also NASA: We don't have the 1960's technology to go to the Moon anymore.
Both are, of course, correct.
Guess what: We also don’t have the technology to build an Iowa-class battleship. Or the UNIVAC-1 computer. Or a steam locomotive. Or ...
People who understand how engineering is done, how manufacturing is done, what an “industrial base” is, don’t find these things surprising. Ignorant people snark about it.