I do not think there was a space before, nor do I think before existed.

As I have written previously here I do not believe that time is linear in the ultimate sense and that there is not problem of ultimate origins. 

Hyperspace fool,

I welcome the discussion/debate so as far as we are from the beast so to speak this is still a lovely topic for me and your contribution is most welcome. I am glad it has not devolved into a debate of pure semantics.

I agree insofar as science is never certain, but deals in probability only.

[URL unfurl="true"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe[/URL]

The universe is estimated to have both an age (in terms of measurements of the travel of light from it's apex) and a diameter.

Granted that the idea of an edge is not certain, it is accepted theory by many and is supported by observation, just not conclusively so:

There is more about this in the section of the link I provide that is titled "size"

In terms of time/space the big bang is the center of the universe, not the origin. This is the time/field view that does not presuppose that time is linear.

anyway there is good reason to believe that the universe has an edge, a size and a diameter

in my opinion