nuclear-thermoelectric rockets

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nuclear-thermoelectric rockets
plural form of nuclear-thermoelectric rocket
nuclear-thermoelectric rocket
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