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fission rocket

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Noun

fission rocket (plural fission rockets)

  1. (astronautics) A spacecraft having a fission reactor that powers the rocket.
  2. (astronautics) A nuclear-pulse rocket that uses fission-based atomic bombs to supply propulsive force.

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