Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: At the Pentagon today, Vice President Mike Pence laid out plans for a new branch of the military in outer space - a Space Force. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE: We must have American dominance in space, and so we will. (APPLAUSE) SHAPIRO: As NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports, not everyone agrees that a Space Force is the future. GEOFF BRUMFIEL, BYLINE: Maybe you're thinking of signing up for the Space Force. and wondering, will I get my own jet pack like the one the Army was working on back in the '60s? (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Now undergoing feasibility tests is a unique rocket belt, which permits the user to fly through the air. BRUMFIEL: Dream on. JOAN JOHNSON-FREESE: Nope. You're going to fly a desk. There's a computer sitting on a desk, and you stare at the screen. BRUMFIEL: That's Joan Johnson-Freese, a space security expert at the Naval War College. The U.S. military
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