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…w~ ~ I W, 9 V1i 83 SPACE From Page 5B said the pool of scientists seeking funds has increased steadily over the last30years, while research funding hasremained essentially stagnant. "When I started in the U.S. about 30 years ago, the funding (accep- tance) rate was about 1-in-2 or 1-in- 3," Gombosi said. "Today it's 1-in-8, 1-in-10, so it's much more difficult to getfunding." Gombosi added the trend over the past several decades has been ...…