fission rocket
English
Noun
fission rocket (plural fission rockets)
- (astronautics) A spacecraft having a fission reactor that powers the rocket.
- (astronautics) A nuclear-pulse rocket that uses fission-based atomic bombs to supply propulsive force.
Related terms
See also
- Bussard ramjet
- nuclear-electric rocket
- nuclear-thermal rocket
- nuclear-thermoelectric rocket
- pulse rocket
- anti-matter rocket
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