balloon-type rocket
balloon-type rocket
[bə′lün ¦tīp ′räk·ət] (aerospace engineering)
A liquid-fuel rocket, such as the Atlas, that requires the pressure of its propellants (or other gases) within it to give it structural integrity.
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