 What would have likely happened had Parker and Queazy or the Saylor brothers never located the asteroid?
And yet, if by some chance there was such a rigidly specified asteroid, their financial worries would be over. 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. He and Queazy caught up with her on the side of the asteroid they hadn't yet examined. There was no asteroid, no girl, no Queazy.
 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.