MOXIE makes about one Earth tree’s worth of oxygen per day, converting the CO2 rich Martian atmosphere to breathable air. Just as important, this tech will eventually scale to harvest rocket fuel for trips back to Earth.
NASA: MOXIE
MIT News: MIT’s MOXIE experiment reliably produces oxygen on Mars
Science: Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (MOXIE)—Preparing for human Mars exploration
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