MO Selection Process

This is a subtopic of the main page, Mission.

Selection Process
The selection process will comprise 4 rounds:

Round 1

 * The online application consists of general information about the applicant, a motivational letter, a resume and a one minute video in which the applicant answers some given questions and explains why he or she should be among the first humans who set foot on Mars. At this stage the potential candidates can submit their application in one of the 11 most used languages on Internet: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Indonesian, Chinese Mandarin, Japanese, Korean. Approved application videos are available to be watched by everyone on http://applicants.mars-one.com, if an applicant decides to make his or her application video public.
 * At the end of round one, a team of Mars One experts will decide which applicants will pass to round two. No candidate will be discarded because of origin, race, residency, or nationality.

Round 2

 * Candidates for round 2 will need to get a medical statement of good health from their physician. The applicant will be invited to meet with a Mars One selection committee in his or her region. After conducting an interview with the candidates, the selection committees determines who will pass to round three.


 * Mars-One is currently exploring different options for round 2 selection process. Possibilities include having regional rounds (e.g. all Spanish speaking South American in one location), or flying everybody to a single location e.g. to Los Angeles.

Round 3

 * This round is the national selection round, which could be broadcasted on TV and internet in countries around the world. In each country, 20-40 applicants will participate in challenges that demonstrate their suitability to become one of the first humans on Mars. The audience will select one winner per country and Mars One experts will select additional participants to continue to round four.

Round 4

 * Those who pass to round four will be expected to be able to communicate in English. The applicants will be responsible to reach this level of English. Round 4 will be an international event that will be broadcasted throughout the world. The Mars One selection committee will create international groups from the individual candidates. The groups will be expected to demonstrate their ability to live in harsh living conditions, and work together under difficult circumstances. The groups will receive their first short term training in a copy of the Mars outpost. From the first selection series, groups of four will become full time employees of the Mars One astronaut corps, after which they will train for their mission. Whole teams and individuals might be selected out during training when they prove not to be suitable for the mission.
 * At the beginning of round 4 there will be multiple teams created and selected. Initially these will be tested for a short durations in a Recording Studio; approximately 2-7 days. Based on these tests, a group of 10 teams will be selected.
 * Mars One officials expect some individuals and teams to fail these tests, so from 2015 on, the nonprofit will have an annual process to select 12 people (in three teams of four). Previous statements made by mars one suggest that there will be no more than ten teams employed for training at any given time.

Selection Committee
On 12 June 2013, Mars-One announced it would be seeking interested individuals to be astronaut selection committee members. Mars-One is looking for looking for experts who possess an understanding of different cultures as well as many years of experience working with astronauts, extreme environments, and isolated habitats.

Mandatory Requirements

 * Qualifications: MD, PhD or equivalent;
 * Minimum of 15 years professional experience in the field of human spaceflight (Group dynamics/ Long-duration spaceflight/ Medicine/ Psychology/ Psycho-physiology) with Astronauts/ Astronaut candidates from different continents;
 * Worked with active astronauts from different space agencies, and worked for different space agencies;
 * Has peer reviewed publications in the field of human spaceflight (Long-duration spaceflight/ Group dynamics); and
 * As Principal Investigator conducted experiments with isolation-chamber or equivalent.

Preferred Requirements

 * Has worked actively on the Human spaceflight requirements for the ISS or equivalent; and/or
 * Received an award from an aerospace association.