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Fritz Mueller 
Summary
Dr. Fritz K. Mueller (1907 – 2001 Huntsville, Alabama, USA) was a German engineer.
Mueller was hired by Kreiselgeräte Company in 1930.[1] He developed the PIGA accelerometer.[2] and worked on gyroscopes for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Later on, he worked on the guidance and control system for the A3 test rocket, the A5, and the A4 (V2) ballistic missile.[3]
Under Project Paperclip, Mueller emigrated to the United States on 16 November 1945 with the Argentina group. There, he worked on developing guidance systems for the PGM-11 Redstone, PGM-19 Jupiter, MGM-31 Pershing, and the Saturn I missiles.[4] In 1960 Mueller left NASA for private industry.[5]
References edit
- ^ Donald A. MacKenzie (1993). Inventing accuracy: a historical sociology of nuclear missile guidance. MIT Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-262-63147-1.
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- ^ "The Myth of V2 Inaccuracy and Ineffectiveness". newsgroups.derkeiler.com. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ Roger E. Bilstein (1999). Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle. DIANE Publishing. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-7881-8186-3.
fritz mueller guidance.
- ^ Michael J. Neufeld (2008). Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War. Random House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-307-38937-4.
- ^ "Mueller, Fritz". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 12 September 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2015.