Looks like we can potentially make oxygen on Mars. A NASA experiment successfully produced enough to sustain a small dog for 10 hours. That's not a lot, but this was a preliminary experiment to prove the concept, so I'd say it did pretty well.
Any humans sent to Mars will need to stay there a while to justify the trip and they may not be able to take enough plants with them. So, making oxygen from the rock is vital for their survival.
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