Sherri Langton S ometime this century, the old frontiers of discovery and exploration were fully extended. The great oceans were easily and constantly traversed. And wherever we went on the planet's natural surface, the gospel of Christ went along. The work of atomic scientists, for example, has opened up the new world of the atom and subatomic particles - just since 1900. Atoms have provided a new frontier that may be called microspace.
Genetic engineering is another example.
A most remarkable example of aggressive human adventure into microspace is the communications and information boom in this generation. Speed, savvy, and fingertip convenience - these and a world more have become readily available to the average person through personal computers and the Internet. Invented in the 1960's to help the military's research network survive a nuclear attack, Internet technology steadily grew until it boomed in the nineties with the creation of the World Wide Web. Christian organizations and ministries, urged to take the cyber plunge or face extinction in the next millennium, joined the rush. Online shopping malls popped up, and Pizza Hut made it possible to order a pizza online.