QUESTION: Are there plans to do further study of the rock known as the Couch? ANSWER from David Mittman on August 5, 1997: At this time (5 August 1997), the only planned study of The Couch is by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder camera. The distance to the Couch makes it unlikely that the Rover will ever have a chance to conduct an Alpha-Proton X-ray Spectrometer analysis of the rock.