Update: Yes it can
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Behind the Black blog: "MOXIE instrument on Perseverance sets new record for oxygen production"
Here's a device that produces enough oxygen for a person to breathe. It is currently pretty limited, but the thing can be scaled up, hopefully. It may take quite a bit of energy to run the thing, and also, it is a machine. Machines break down.
Is it true that this machine only runs for short spurts of time? In other words, it cannot even begin to supply a crew with oxygen in its present configuration. The key is to be able to scale up.
The problems with living on Mars are even greater than just getting there. Getting the Starship going is just a start.
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