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=== Historian === Starting in 1990, Stuhlinger and Frederick I. Ordway III collaborated on the two-volume biography Wernher von Braun: Crusader for Space (Krieger Publishing, 1994). In it, Stuhlinger downplayed claims that von Braun had mistreated prisoners working on the V-2 program during the war. Michael J. Neufeld has questioned this version, maintaining that knowledge of V-2 production using forced labor is an established fact. Stuhlinger reiterated the point that their aim was ultimately peaceful. In a newspaper article he wrote: Yes, we did work on improved guidance systems, but in late 1944 we were convinced that the war would soon be over before new systems could be used on military rockets. However, we were convinced that somehow our work would find application in the future rockets that would not aim at London, but at the moon. Stuhlinger was interviewed in 1984 by fellow Operation Paperclip scientist Konrad Dannenberg and UAH professor Donald Tarter for an oral history series. This hour-long review of their experiences has information on early space programs.
In 2004, when he was 90, Stuhlinger helped to raise funds to preserve a Saturn V rocket display at Huntsville, Alabama. Ernst Stuhlinger died in Huntsville at age 94.
== See also == German rocket scientists in the US Gridded ion thruster
== Further reading == Belew, Leland F.; Ernst Stuhlinger (2004-08-06). "Skylab: A Guidebook". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Choueiri, Edgar Y. "Ernst Stuhlinger Biography". American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Cumbow, Victoria; Budd McLaughlin (2008-05-27). "Stuhlinger envisioned Mars path". The Huntsville Times. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. NASA Historical Reference Collection. "Ernst Stuhlinger biographical file". NASA History Office. Portree, David S. (February 2001). "Humans to Mars: Fifty years of mission planning" (PDF). Monographs in Aerospace History Series. 21. Stuhlinger, Ernst (2001). "Enabling technology for space transportation". The Century of Space Science. Vol. 1. pp. 73–74. Bibcode:2002css1.book...59S. doi:10.1007/978-94-010-0320-9_3. ISBN 978-0-7923-7196-0. S2CID 120980982. Tinsley, Frank (January 1956). "Flight to the Stars on Sun Power". Mechanix Illustrated. 56 (1): 72–77. Kieron Murphy (September 2008). "Ernst Stuhlinger: A Legend of the Space Age". IEEE Spectrum. Archived from the original on September 29, 2008.
== References ==
== External links == Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger Collection, The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger Recognition Collection, The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections Archived 2021-12-03 at the Wayback Machine "Remembering Sputnik: Ernst Stuhlinger", IEEE Spectrum, October 2007 Listing from The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight Celestial irony between Mars and Stuhlinger – Blog posted at The Huntsville Times, by Victoria Cumbow and Budd McLaughlin (May 26, 2008)