 Why was Baker hesitant to send his employees on an enforced vacation?
He could be excused this time, however, for this was only our third day on Jupiter's Eighth Moon, and the country was still strange to us. He was an old prospector Grannie had met, and he had become so attached to the authoress he now followed her wherever she went. And then I was shaking hands with Antlers Park, the manager of I. V. himself. So now here we were at the outer reaches of the Baldric, four travelers on foot with only the barest necessities in the way of equipment and supplies. Five minutes later Grannie was shaking his hand vigorously and mumbling introductions. Apparently these adjustments moved planes or fins on the kite and accounted for the car's ability to move in any direction.
 He feared they would lose chartered rights with Spacolonial
 He feared they would have too much difficulty getting the employees back to work.  He feared that would not stop the plague of Red Spot Fever.  He feared they would lose chartered rights with Spacolonial  He feared their work would suffer from the break.