Back on Sept. 2, 1859, Internet 1.0 was running on the original nuclear generator. The sun's electromagnetic activity was so energetic that for at least an hour and a half, teletype operators were transmitting without battery power. Well, it was 40 years ago that scientists launched more than rockets to outer space. The Internet was born and laid the groundwork for the communications revolution we experience today and the laying the foundation for an unparalleled expansion of inner space. The homesteading has culminated in the establishment of colonies such as Facebook. It continues to open new vistas of communication, accompanied by moral questions. Yet even as NASA is busy trying to keep its single outerspace colony safe, Facebooking is facing some push-back by the disillusioned. The lesson of the twin revolutions of the last 40 years would seem to be that we are much more prepared to expand our virtual colonies on planet earth than we are to extend our colonies beyond the big blue marble.
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