History Film / DestinationOuterSpace

* {{Robot}}: A.D.A.M.

** A.D.A.M. seems to be a tribute to NOMAD from [[Recap/StarTrekS2E3TheChangeling "The Changeling" ]]episode of the Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries.

The good news is the E.S.S. Venture doesn't blow up when the drive is activated. The bad news is that Captain Jackson overshoots the projected target of Jupiter and is stranded in an uncharted section of outer space outside of clear radio contact with Earth. Thus begins a space [[Literature/TheOdyssey Odyssey]] (not [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey THAT]] one!) as Captain Jackson encounters various strange new life forms as he tries to make his way back home to Earth.

* WorthlessYellowRocks: According to Yureena Null, gold is one of the most common elements in the quadrant into which Captain Jackson traveled. This is why she laughs when Captain Jackson says the most valuable part of his ship is the gold in the couplings.

* RoleReprisal
** Josh Craig first appeared in a supporting role as Captain Mike Jackson in ''Film/CaveWomenOnMars''
** Josh Craig also briefly reprises his role as Professor Jackson from ''Film/TheMonsterOfPhantomLake'', ''Film/ItCameFromAnotherWorld'' and ''Film/CaveWomenOnMars'' in voice-over.

''Destination: Outer Space'' is the fifth film by Creator/ChristopherRMihm and the fifth film in the Franchise/{{Mihmiverse}} SharedUniverse. A direct follow-up to ''Film/CaveWomenOnMars'', the film continues the story of Captain Mike Jackson.

''Destination: Outer Space'' is the fifth film by Creator/ChristopherRMihm and the fifth film in the Franchise/{{Mihmiverse}} SharedUniverse. A direct follow-up to ''Film/CaveWomenOnMars'', the film continues the story of Captain Mike Johnson.

* TheAlcoholic: Mike Johnson.

* CourtMartialed: What apparently happened to Mike Johnson after the events of ''Film/CaveWomenOnMars''.

* DrowningMySorrows: As the movie opens, Mike Johnson is such a drunken wretch he tries to open a beer bottle with his teeth after his bottle opener falls out of his reach because he is too drunk to stand up and pick it up.

** Later, Mike Johnson travels to Krondor in search of a similar technology.

** Josh Craig first appeared in a supporting role as Captain Mike Johnson in ''Film/CaveWomenOnMars''

** Mike Johnson's former best friend is revealed to be another astronaut named Gustav, who is the spitting image of Canoe Cop Sven from ''Film/TheMonsterOfPhantomLake'' and ''Film/ItCameFromAnotherWorld''.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Gustav and Captain Mike Johnson. Apparently Gustav was jealous that Mike was selected to lead the first mission to Mars in ''Film/CaveWomenOnMars'' over him and the only reason Mike got the job was because of {{Nepotism}}.

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''Destination: Outer Space'' was the fifth film by Creator/ChristopherRMihm and the fifth film in The Franchise/{{Mihmiverse}} SharedUniverse. A direct follow-up to ''Film/CaveWomenOnMars'', the film continues the story of Captain Mike Johnson.

Set in 1992, five years after the events of ''Film/CaveWomenOnMars'', Former Captain Mike Jackson is spending his days drinking and feeling sorry for himself, having been CourtMartialed after the events of the earlier film. Luckily, his father, who originally led the railroading against him, had a change of heart and pulled some strings to get Mike reinstated. Unluckily, it was as the test pilot of the E.S.S. Venture - an experimental new spaceship with a [[FasterThanLightTravel faster-than-light]] speed star drive they aren't sure will work safely.

** Mihmiverse regular Josh Craig reprises his roles as Commander Jackson and Captain Mike Jackson.
** Mihmiverse regular M. Scott Taulman plays the role of Gustav - an astronaut and former best friend to Captain Mike Jackson.
** Mihmiverse regular Michael Kaiser plays the body of A.D.A.M. as well as the Ominai and the largest Oculon.
** Mihmiverse regular Michael Cook provides the voice of the Rocket Command technician and does a cameo as the alien smoking a water pipe in the BarFullOfAliens.
** Mihmiverse regular Shannon Mc Donough provides the voice for the E.S.S. Venture computer. In a nod to her role as Mrs. Saint Marie-Jackson, a disoriented Captain Jackson says "Mom?" when the computer first speaks.
** Stephanie Mihm, the director's wife, plays the role of Index.
** Elizabeth Kaiser, Stephanie Mihm's daughter, has a cameo as the Eh'donish girl who gives Captain Jackson some bread and plays one of the Oculons.
** Elliot Mihm, the director's son, has a cameo as the boy chased out of the BarFullOfAliens.
** Emma Danbury, Josh Craig's stepdaughter, appears as one of the Eh'donish girls.
** Christopher R. Mihm's cameo in the BarFullOfAliens seems to be a nod to Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy (man in a bathrobe and sleeping clothes, carrying a towel.)

** Captain Jackson's fighting-style involves a lot of moves borrowed from [[TheKirk Captain Kirk]].

** The scene in which Captain Jackson waves at Yureena Null through the escape pod porthole as he escapes from her ship seems to be a nod to the similar scenes involving the escape pods in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Spaceballs Spaceballs]].

** The Oculon make noises like The Sand People in ''Film/ANewHope''.
** With spherical heads with antenna and broad bodies, The Oculon resemble the Ro-Men from ''Film/RobotMonster''.

** As A.D.A.M. attempts to explain why it would be bad for The Ominai to complete their teleportation technology, Captain Jackson says he is fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing, in a nod to ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''.

** Mike Johnson's former best friend is revealed to be a government agent Gustav, who is the spitting image of Canoe Cop Sven from ''Film/TheMonsterOfPhantomLake'' and ''Film/ItCameFromAnotherWorld''.

* ToBeContinued: The movie ends with this, as [[spoliler:Captain Jackson goes to track down Yureena Null]].

** The Oculon make noises like The Sand People in ''Film/A New Hope''.

** A.D.A.M. returns the voice-modulator based on his mother "[[Film/A New Hope for luck]]."