Fritz Mueller Explained

See also: Fritz Müller (disambiguation). 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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Inventing accuracy: a historical sociology of nuclear missile guidance . registration. 52. fritz mueller guidance.. Donald A. MacKenzie. MIT Press. 1993. 978-0-262-63147-1 .
2. Web site: The Myth of V2 Inaccuracy and Ineffectiveness. newsgroups.derkeiler.com. 31 December 2015.
3. Book: Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle. 243. fritz mueller guidance.. Roger E. Bilstein. DIANE Publishing. 1999. 978-0-7881-8186-3 .
4. Book: Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War. Michael J. Neufeld. Random House, Inc.. 2008. 978-0-307-38937-4 .
5. Web site: Mueller, Fritz. Encyclopedia Astronautica. 31 December 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100912071721/http://www.astronautix.com/astros/muefritz.htm. 12 September 2010.