nuclear-thermoelectric rocket

English

Noun

nuclear-thermoelectric rocket (plural nuclear-thermoelectric rockets)

  1. (astronautics) a rocket with a thermal ion engine, whereby the ions are ionized by electricity from a nuclear reactor, and the fluid that is the source of the ions is heated by that nuclear reactor to increase specific impulse.
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