nuclear rocket

English

Noun

nuclear rocket (plural nuclear rockets)

1. (astronautics) A rocket with a nuclear reactor aboard.
2. (astronautics) A rocket where a nuclear process, especially an on-board fission reactor, enables thrust to be produced.

Hyponyms

• fission rocket
• fusion rocket
• nuclear-electric rocket
• nuclear-pulse rocket
• nuclear-thermal rocket

See also

• anti-matter rocket
• chemical rocket
• ion engine