A 76-year-old former NASA official was found dead in Thailand of an apparent auto-erotic asphyxiation device he had rigged up with rope from his neck to his genitalia.

According to the Houston Chronicle, Paul Milford Muller was found dead inside his house in Thailand where he had rigged up an auto-erotic asphyxiation device, with rope tied from his neck to his waist and to his genitals.  But the plan went wrong, and he choked to death.

Since he left NASA, Muller had written and published some erotic fiction with his latest publication called "Suicide Inc."

Muller was a retired senior NASA official who had led the Apollo navigation team.

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