This whole article was fantastic, but this was the coolest part for me. To learn that his quote is on every passport. I've never read the quotes on my passport before, but now I have.
"Every generation has the obligation to free men's minds for a look at new worlds ... to look out from a higher plateau than the last generation." --Ellison S. Onizuka
The background on that page is a palm tree and a silhouette that might be Diamond Head, but the facing page is a space scene (not to scale) with an earthrise over the moon and a satellite.
Sorry, but that made me laugh. Now I kinda want to see it to scale. :)
I generally enjoy sports, but don't care about the endless commentary and talk shows that populate ESPN 24/7, nor do I like the fact that their properties drive up everyone's cable bill by $20-$30 per month, an order of magnitude more than any other network.
It's one of the primary reasons I don't have pay TV; I wish I could allocate my pay TV dollars to the programming I find more valuable.
I personally found the writing somewhat overwrought, despite thinking it's a story worth telling and feeling respect for the astronaut involved and sympathy for his family. I wouldn't call it good writing. But I'm not a US American, so maybe it's a cultural difference.
I will definitely be taking a closer look at the quotes in my passport when I get home today.