KNOWING THAT USEFUL RESOURCES, SUCH AS WATER, CARBON MONOXIDE, AND HYDROGEN ARE AVAILABLE ON THE LUNAR SURFACE AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT; HOWEVER, QUESTIONS REMAIN TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE IN SITU UTILIZATION OF THESE RESOURCES IS PRACTICAL. SPECIFICALLY, IT IS NECESSARY TO KNOW (1) WHAT VOLATILES ARE PRESENT AND IN WHAT QUANTITIES, (2) HOW THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AND UNDER THE SURFACE, AND (3) WHAT MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS COULD INFLUENCE FUTURE ISRU DESIGNS. THE LUNAR VOLATILE CHARACTERIZATION DEMONSTRATION, REGOLITH AND ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE & OXYGEN AND LUNAR VOLATILES EXTRACTION (RESOLVE) MISSION WILL BE DESIGNED TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AS THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP TOWARD HUMAN EXPLORATION OF AND EXPANSION INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM. ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY INC. IS NOW PERFORMING A PHASE 2 SBIR (NNX11CB55C) TO DESIGN, FABRICATE AND TEST A PROTOTYPE POLAR MOBILITY PLATFORM. THE PROTOTYPE WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A BUCKET WHEEL TO EXCAVATE BULK QUANTITIES OF LUNAR REGOLITH THAT CAN BE FED INTO A PROCESSING PLANT TO EXTRACT WATER AND OTHER VOLATILES FOR SUPPORT OF ROBOTIC AND CREWED EXPEDITIONS. CREATING A PARALLEL DESIGN FOR THIS POLAR MOBILITY PLATFORM WITH RESOLVE INSTEAD OF THE BUCKET WHEEL ENABLES NASA TO EXPLOIT THE FUNDS ALREADY SPENT AND TO BE SPENT ON CREATING THE BUCKET-WHEEL VARIATION. BOTH APPLICATIONS OF THE POLAR MOBILITY PLATFORM REQUIRE IT TO BE ABLE TO PRECISELY NAVIGATE TO SUSPECTED OR KNOWN RESOURCES, TO AVOID HAZARDS THAT WOULD DAMAGE LOW-HANGING EQUIPMENT, TO AUTONOMOUSLY REESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS IF INTERRUPTED BY TERRAIN BLOCKAGES, AND TO MANAGE POLAR-SPECIFIC POWER AND THERMAL CHALLENGES.