Mutually-Repulsing Rockets

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# Mutually-Repulsing Rockets
:: Make objects push against each other to opposite directions, and avoid the tyranny of the rocket equation.
 <i>Traditional rockets work by expelling mass at high velocity, which is
 scattered into space. What if we could avoid scattering?

To avoid the scattering, take two non-overlapping beams of collimated
 particles or light that shines into black-box-like setup inside another of
 them, and use
 the collected energy to power the collimated particles projector back to
 the
 source.

The idea is that the process set up this way would accumulate the
 intensity
 of particle beam as we add more energy, in a way similar to how would
 how
 wave interference creates increasingly stronger standing waves between
 two surfaces, creating increasing pressure as we do not let the energy
 scatter.

This would mean that the rocket pair would avoid having to be subject to
 the tyranny of the rocket equation.</i>

Credits: [Mindey](https://www.halfbakery.com/user/Mindey) of [HalfBakery](https://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Mutually-Repulsing_20Rockets).