About the Ambassadors

Our Ambassadors spread the word about Mars One and support the ambitious endeavor it has undertaken.

James Asquith James Asquith (born 30th December, 1988) is a British traveller, author and investment banker. He's the official Guinness record holder for being the youngest person to visit every sovereign country in the world. Asquith was 24 years and 192 days old when he entered his final country, Federated States of Micronesia, on 8 July 2013. There are officially 193 United Nations countries in the world. Read More

Prof. Dr. Ir. Boudewijn Ambrosius Prof. Dr. Ir. Boudewijn Ambrosius has been working at the Delft Technical University for over 40 years. He started in 1971 as a research assistant and is currently the chairman of Astrodynamics and Space Missions at the university’s aerospace faculty as well as the Space Engineering department’s chairman. Read More

Gerard Blaauw, PhD Dr. Blaauw has years of professional experience and an extensive network within the space sector. Currently the Chairman of the Netherlands Space Society, he has previously also been Director of Space at TNO from 2003 to 2010, and was a Board member of SpaceNed for many years as well. He has been on early retirement since 2011, and currently uses his expertise working as a freelancer in the space sector alongside his NVR duties as Chair. Read More

Mary Roach Writer Mary Roach has sold over one million books worldwide, and has been published in 26 languages. She deals with unique and intriguing topics, approaching them with a mix of curiosity, skepticism and humor. Among her bestsellers are Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003), Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (2005) and Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (2010). Read More

Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor is a Fellow Researcher at Institute of Space Science National University of Malaysia UKM, orthopaedic surgeon, motivational speaker, and astronaut, the first from his country to venture into space. Dr. Sheikh was selected from 11,435 candidates at the beginning of 2006 for the Malaysian Angkasawan spaceflight program. He came on-board the International Space Station via a Russian Soyuz vehicle with the international Expedition 16 crew on October 10, 2007. Read More