Bill Todd

Not to be confused with Bill Todd (Canadian football).
Bill Todd
Bill Todd in the Shuttle Simulator.
Born
William Laurence Todd

1958/1959
NationalityAmerican
EducationGeology, University of Houston
EmployerUniversities Space Research Associates
Known forAquanaut, NEEMO Project Director, Explorer, Public Speaker
TitleProject Manager for Exploration Analogs

William Laurence Todd is a Project Manager for Exploration Analogs at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas.[1][2][3] He has also served as a NASA Undersea Research Team Project Lead and Spaceflight Training Simulation Supervisor at NASA JSC.[4][5][6] Todd is a veteran Aquanaut of 5 missions. In 2001, he commanded the first NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) mission, a joint NASA-NOAA program to study human survival in the Aquarius underwater laboratory in preparation for future space exploration.[7]

Todd has also spent many years helping to develop the futuristic undersea exploration vessel SeaOrbiter, which was inspired by French architect Jacques Rougerie.[8]

  1. ^ "Bill Todd". USRA. January 26, 2009. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  2. ^ Ho, Leonard (15 January 2013). "It's Official: Aquarius Reef Base still in business". Advanced Aquarist. Pomacanthus Publications. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. ^ Motichek, M, Humphries, K and Goldman, J (2003) 'NASA - NASA Space Veteran Leads Undersea Crew'. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/jun/HQ_03198_whitson.html
  4. ^ Todd, Bill. "NASA Quest > Space Team Online - Meet: Bill Todd". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  5. ^ "Behind the Scenes: Training - NEEMO 7 Bill Todd - bio". NASA. August 6, 2004. Archived from the original on November 8, 2004. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  6. ^ "Aquarius". UNCW. October 2000. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  7. ^ NASA (March 21, 2006). "NEEMO History". NASA. Archived from the original on October 8, 2006. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  8. ^ "SeaOrbiter".