 What would have likely happened had Parker and Queazy or the Saylor brothers never located the asteroid?
And if The Interplanetary Hauling & Moving Co., hadn't been about to go on the rocks (chiefly due to the activities of Saylor & Saylor, a rival firm) neither Bob nor Queazy would have thought of sending an answering ethergram to Burnside stating that they would fill the order. And yet, if by some chance there was such a rigidly specified asteroid, their financial worries would be over. That they had actually discovered the asteroid, using their mass-detectors in a weight-elimination process, seemed like an incredible stroke of luck. Now that he and Queazy had found the asteroid, they were desperate to get it to its destination, for fear that the Saylor brothers might get wind of what was going on, and try to beat them out of their profits. Now they scuffed along the smooth-plane topside of the asteroid, the magnets in their shoes keeping them from stepping off into space. By the naked eye, they could see iron ore, quartz crystals, cinnabar, but he had the spectroscope and there was no reason why he shouldn't use it. He and Queazy caught up with her on the side of the asteroid they hadn't yet examined. If we don't take this asteroid to Earth before June 2, we go back to Satterfield City and work the rest of our lives in the glass factories. The big ship had landed, and little blue sparks crackled between the hull and the asteroid as the magnetic clamps took hold.
 Starre would have been able to call off the wedding to Mac.
 Starre would have been able to call off the wedding to Mac.  They would have received their payment anyways because of their long travel in space.  Mr. Burnside would have traveled to get the asteroid himself.  The wedding would have been held on a different asteroid that looked similar.