According to John Holdren, then director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, “After it arrives at the asteroid, the spacecraft will pluck a boulder off its surface and then fly along with the space rock for a while, investigating the potential of a deflection strategy known as the "enhanced gravity tractor." The probe will then head back toward Earth, eventually placing the boulder in orbit around the moon. NASA has even created an Asteroid watch website with detailed listings of discovered objects as well as a detailed Impact risk chart which lists the year 2020 as the earliest increased activity risk.ĭuring the Obama administration, plans were developed for NASA to launch a robotic probe in 2021 toward a near-Earth asteroid the current target is a 1,300-foot-wide (400 m) rock called 2008 EV5. Expect to hike through shallow water and scramble over rocks.Inside Mission Control at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jim Dobson Darwin Falls Trail- trail is washed out and no longer exists.Nevada: Nevada Department of Transportation highway conditions.Sierra Nevada Passes: CA120 (Tioga Pass), CA108 (Sonora Pass), CA4 (Ebbetts Pass), CA88 (Carson Pass) Caltrans: California Department of Transportation highway conditions.Cottonwood Canyon past campsite 8 - Due to flood damage.Road open to where it drops from alluvial fan into the wash (about one mile before the normal trailhead.) Titus Canyon Road (one-way section) 2-way section open to Fall Canyon Trailhead - Flooding destroyed the road.Salt Creek Road - Flooding destroyed the boardwalk, toilet and parking area.Hunter Mountain - Signed closed by Inyo County.Saline Valley - Signed closed by Inyo County.Thank you for your patience as we work to reopen these locations. The roads were completely washed out in places and entry will cause tire tracks and braided roads in wilderness as users try to locate what was once the road. Note that road closures listed below apply to ALL vehicles, including motorcycles and bicycles. Bonnie Clare Road and Scotty’s Castle due to flood recovery work.Road crews have reopened all paved roads, but there is still a lot of work to be done in the backcountry. Many areas of the park were heavily impa cted, damaged, or closed follo wing record rainfall in August, 2022. Road conditions can change quickly, as seen in this image after a flood in Titus Canyon 12/2021.
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