Does anyone know how much bandwidth does the Spirit rover have to send us information?
It seems that it can’t be very much at all. The pictures we’ve gotten so far (granted there is probably a lot of other information being transmitted) are not very high resolution, and appear to have taken days to be ‘downloaded’.
I’m guessing this is to beexpected considering the bewildering distance!
Also, can anyone explain to me how the telecommunications between earth and the rover work?