"fission rocket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fission rockets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fission rocket (plural fission rockets)
  1. (astronautics) A spacecraft having a fission reactor that powers the rocket. Categories (topical): Astronautics
    Sense id: en-fission_rocket-en-noun-M8ITX130 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (astronautics) A nuclear-pulse rocket that uses fission-based atomic bombs to supply propulsive force. Categories (topical): Astronautics, Nuclear rocketry
    Sense id: en-fission_rocket-en-noun-49z-WaQU Disambiguation of Nuclear rocketry: 41 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nuclear rocket, fusion rocket, Bussard ramjet, nuclear-electric rocket, nuclear-thermal rocket, nuclear-thermoelectric rocket, pulse rocket, anti-matter rocket

Inflected forms

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