'Reach for the Stars' at UH on Dec. 10

A former astronaut turned renowned physicist and a project manager from NASA's Mars Curiosity mission will be in Hawaii next week. They will both be featured at "Reach for the Stars," a special public event hosted at the University of Hawaii on Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Loren W. Acton flew on Space Shuttle Mission STS-51-F in 1985, orbiting the Earth 126 times…