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I agree that calling it a rescue is a bit much, but this is hardly a case of missing a bus or ferry and catching the next one. If you missed a ferry, expecting

I agree that calling it a rescue is a bit much, but this is hardly a case of missing a bus or ferry and catching the next one. If you missed a ferry, expecting to be away from your family for a week, only to find you are stuck on a desolate island for 8+ months you would probably feel like you were being rescued.

jwagenet 2y ago
My understanding is the astronauts don’t mind staying longer because they enjoy it and for some (all?) it may be their last mission in space, in part due to the decommissioning.
- blackoil 2y ago
  And most people like visiting islands. That doesn't change the fact that this was supposed to be 8 days not 8 months.
- inglor_cz 2y ago
  We don't really know. Some of them may have missed out on something personally important back on Earth (graduation, wedding, funeral, birth) etc.