Could Astronauts Get All Their Oxygen From Algae Or Plants? And Their Food Also?

Perhaps you saw the news recently about astronauts in the International Space Station eating their first home grown lettuce? It's just a beginning, but in the future, could they grow all their own food and get all their oxygen from plants?

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