English

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

Related terms

• nuclear rocket
• fusion rocket

See also

• Bussard ramjet
• nuclear-electric rocket
• nuclear-thermal rocket
• nuclear-thermoelectric rocket
• pulse rocket
• anti-matter rocket