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I can understand how we can receive and transmit adequately from Earth to Pathfinder, given the power of our transmitters and gain of our antennae, but how does Pathfinder communicate with Earth?

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I can understand how we can receive and transmit adequately from Earth to Pathfinder, given the power of our transmitters and gain of our antennae, but how does Pathfinder communicate with Earth?

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It seems to me it would be difficult for a small probe on the surface of Mars to receive and transmit with enough gain to establish a robust data connection.