Here are some nice pictures, including testing the radar descent measurement system from a helicopter, testing the parachute in the largest wind tunnel in the w

Here are some nice pictures, including testing the radar descent measurement system from a helicopter, testing the parachute in the largest wind tunnel in the world, and testing various assemblies in a large thermal/vacuum chamber: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/08/curiosity-just-days-away-from-mars/100346/ http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/08/curiosity-just-da... Worth a look, I promise. You get a sense of all the work to assemble a piece of hardware with this size and complexity.