Mariner 9, the first spacecraft to successfully go into orbit around Mars launched on May 30, 1971, and arrived November 13, 1971 for a duration of 167 days. This is the same pattern that has held up for more almost 50 years of Mars exploration: approximately 150-300 days.
Enigma was invented by the German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I. Early models were used commercially from the early 1920s, and adopted by military and government services of several countries, most notably Nazi Germany before and during World War II.
Nearly a third of The Imitation Game takes place at the decryption facility at Bletchley Park, where Turing, Joan Clarke (Keira Knightly), and their fellow code-breakers worked tirelessly to decipher the German militaryâs Enigma code.uringâs Code-Breaking Machine Wasnât Really Named âChristopherâ. One of the more touching things in Imitation Game is the moment when Turing tells Joan Clarke that heâs named the computer heâs working on âChristopherâ (after Turingâs first loveâJoan doesnât know that part, though).