Spirit Rover resumed negotiations with NASA this morning at 8:35. The Rover had earlier cut off communication with NASA after having expressed indignation at the thought of being used In George Bush's re-election campaign.
NASA engineers have assured Spirit that they "don't have a dog in this fight" and urged the balky planetary explorer to get back to work. The major sticking point in the negitiations seems to be Spirit's insistance that the Hubble Space Telescope continue to be serviced and remain operational. NASA's political appointees had decided to let Hubble die in favor of Bush's campaign promise to focus on Mars.
It is unclear if Spirit has decided to accept the engineer's assurances or if the spunky spacecraft is demanding some show of good faith.