fission rocket
noun1
Aerospace, Astronautics, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A spacecraft having a fission reactor that powers the rocket.
2
Aerospace, Astronautics, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A nuclear-pulse rocket that uses fission-based atomic bombs to supply propulsive force.
- Related terms
- nuclear rocket, fusion rocket, Bussard ramjet, nuclear-electric rocket, nuclear-thermal rocket, nuclear-thermoelectric rocket, pulse rocket, anti-matter rocket