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> Why is it relevant...

I'd say the point is "An Ordinary Guy did X". Vs. an engineering genius, or somebody with deep pockets, or a Hollywood special effects model builder, or 3D printer junkie, or whatever.

He is with certainty not ordinary, precisely because of the feat. So a “an ordinary guy did x” statement would be false.
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