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And his thoughts on NASA's future By: Chris DeRose and last updated 2021-01-11 12:44:24-05 BILLINGS — It’s hard to imagine that a child born on a ranch just outside of Lewistown during the Great Depression would not only grow up to be a leading mind in the field of astrogeophysics, but spend a week of his life in space studying the sun. But such is the story of Loren Acton. “I was the youngest of six,” he recalled. “And by the time I came along, it was the days of FDR and rural electrification. As a little kid, we had gas lamps. But then I remembered w...

How an astronaut got from a MT ranch to outer space By: Chris DeRose and last updated 2021-01-08 14:54:01-05 BILLINGS — It’s hard to imagine that a child born on a ranch just outside of Lewistown during the Great Depression would not only grow up to be a leading mind in the field of astrogeophysics, but spend a week of his life in space studying the sun. But such is the story of Loren Acton. “I was the youngest of six,” he recalled. “And by the time I came along, it was the days of FDR and rural electrification. As a little kid, we had gas lamps. But t...

and last updated 2021-01-11 12:44:24-05 BILLINGS — It’s hard to imagine that a child born on a ranch just outside of Lewistown during the Great Depression would not only grow up to be a leading mind in the field of astrogeophysics, but spend a week of his life in space studying the sun. But such is the story of Loren Acton. “I was the youngest of six,” he recalled. “And by the time I came along, it was the days of FDR and rural electrification. As a little kid, we had gas lamps. But then I remembered when electricity came and what magic that was.”