nuclear-pulse rocket

noun

nuclear-pulse rocket

noun
1

Aerospace, Astronautics, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences a rocket that uses the impulse imparted by the detonation of nuclear bombs as the propulsive force to propel the spacecraft

Related terms
nuclear rocket, pulse rocket, fusion rocket, fission rocket, anti-matter rocket

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