That feels like a disingenuous comparison. From what I can tell there is no living organism that could successfully transport itself to Mars, establish itself, and begin releasing oxygen.
Meanwhile,humans were able to solve that problem in a fraction of the time that evolution would take.
It's fair to say that we're millions of years behind the curve when it comes to creating usable energy from sunlight, however. That's an indisputable fact.
I suppose the actual comparison being made is this machine versus a living organism. As of right now, this machine is more capable of producing oxygen on Mars than any organism that we're aware of.
Meanwhile,humans were able to solve that problem in a fraction of the time that evolution would take.
It's fair to say that we're millions of years behind the curve when it comes to creating usable energy from sunlight, however. That's an indisputable fact.