Silicon Valley - Day 4

On day four of Silicon Valley, we visited Lockheed Martin, Hacker Dojo and the NASA visitors center. Lockheed Martin stood out significantly over the other two. Hacker Dojo was more of a workspace where anyone could pay a fee to use the space and equipment for the day. It looked like a library work environment. At NASA we just went to the visitors center and the gift shop which in my opinion were some of the least stand out visits in the trip. However it was still good to take a look so we can compare and contrast the visits in Silicon Valley.

Lockheed Martin was a very impressive company who we visited on this fourth day of the Silicon Valley trip. Lockheed Martin is a military defense contractor who works directly with the United States government. They get an incredible amount of funding from the government and create some futuristic technology for all kinds of purposes. Lockheed Martin makes all kinds of solar panals for satellite and radar detection which are sent into space. They make massive high beam lasers as a defensive mechanism. They make missiles and nuclear equipment as well as their THAAD primary military system. They send defense mechanisms, radars, troops, etc all over the world to protect our nation and help disarm conflicts world wide. There is a ton of classified information which wasn't disclosed to us. But the brief information we were told was impressive to say the least. The sheer size of Lockheed Martins one base with all the divisions and funding was mind blowing. Lockheed Martin was very different from the tech firms we have seen in Silicon Valley, but it's great to compare and contrast all the different companies we have visited in Silicon Valley California.