"A rocket with the necessary equipment is sent aloft and there given a lateral propulsion which puts it into an ellipt…"

"The miniature facets are adjusted by hand... It is sufficient to simply let the sun shine on the miniature reflector …"

"Whether we must seek to constantly reflect the light on the earth vertically or are, in fact, able to is another ques…"

"In the south... the main task of large reflectors... of making polar regions arable, is not feasible. If the glaciers…"

"So for the southern hemisphere and the tropics there would only remain the illumination of large cities at night and …"

"In the north, on the other hand, outside of , there are no such masses of land-ice (however much ice there may be, no…"

"The cultural tasks are... possible to fulfill. For example, if a sea route to the ports of Siberia is to be kept ice-…"

"Enough of this. They are only dreams of the future. Bold ones? Perhaps, but we have already experienced... bolder ide…"

"Ref: Philander, Medizinische Märchen"

"I could have restricted myself in this book to only the most sober physical calculations. But in order to create the …"