Question

Compare the Viking 1 and 2 probes to the Pathfinder probe that landed on Mars in 1997. How was their technology different?

Answer 1

Viking 1 and Viking 2 probes transmitted panoramic views of the red and rocky soils back to Earth after six years later. The Pathfinder probe sent back large amounts of data of the environment especially about climatic variations in only three months. You can tell the technology was very different between these two because of how long it took for each probe to gather data.

Answer 2

Explanation:

In 1976, The Viking 1 and Viking 2 probes landed on Mars. For six years they transmitted fascinating panoramic views of the red and rocky soil of Mars back to Earth. Twenty years passed before a third probe landed on Mars. In 1997, the Pathfinder probe landed a miniature vehicle named Sojourner on the planet. The probes operated for three months and sent back large amounts of data on the Martian environment. At the same time, the Mars global surveyor probe was placed in orbit to take an overall portrait of the planet. It supplied hundreds of thousands of bits of information, especially on climatic variations.