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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 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.

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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.

And most people like visiting islands. That doesn't change the fact that this was supposed to be 8 days not 8 months.

We don't really know. Some of them may have missed out on something personally important back on Earth (graduation, wedding, funeral, birth) etc.

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