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None at present. The 1967 Outer Space Treaty prohibits nuclear weapons in space, but does not restrict peaceful uses of nuclear energy. A Mars base that is deve
by philipkglass 9y ago
None at present. The 1967 Outer Space Treaty prohibits nuclear weapons in space, but does not restrict peaceful uses of nuclear energy. A Mars base that is developed enough not only to support permanent human habitation but to conduct nuclear rocketry R&D is so far from where we are now that I couldn't speculate about what sort of laws might then apply on Mars, though.