Bill Todd
NASA Undersea Research Team Project Lead
NASA/United Space Alliance

Bill is employed as a Simulation Supervisor and Project Lead at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He is responsible for leading multi-national simulations for training of the Astronauts and Flight Control Teams for the missions to build the International Space Station. He is also responsible for managing the NASA Undersea Research Team " NEEMO" - NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations.

As a kid, Bill grew up watching the Apollo launches from his beachfront hometown of Cocoa Beach, Florida, where his father was also employed in the Space program. It was there at a young age that Bill was immersed in and captivated by both sea and space environments.

Bill graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in Geology in 1982. He has worked in numerous underwater habitats and submersibles, and was an aquanaut on the 2000 " NASA SEATEST " mission and the Oct. 2001 NASA NEEMO 1 mission. He served on the "topside" teams for the three NASA 2002 missions and is currently working as the project lead for the 2003 NASA missions. The NASA missions utilize the "Aquarius" as a research analog for space missions to develop concepts for long-term space habitation.

He is a PADI Divemaster and instrument rated pilot. He is also an Explorers Club Fellow and a member of the Jury for the World Underwater Film Festival in Antibes. His hobbies are boating, diving and snow skiing with his family, and playing guitar in his rock band, "The Rockit Scientists." Bill and his wife Karen have two daughters, Kristen and Kari. They reside in Seabrook Texas.