NASA is preparing for a mission to Venus, however a mysterious Chinese super weapon has spooked the rest of the world. NASA pushes the launch earlier and replaces three of the male crew with three women. As the rocket makes it's somewhat unsteady trip into space the reason for the change becomes evident. The Earth is about to be destroyed and the six crew of the mission are to head to Venus not to explore but to rebuild the human race...
But the mission runs into trouble including one crewman becoming a sex maniac and ultimately being accidentally ejected out of the airlock, various radiation dangers and mild late 1960s sexism. The film has a strange and bleak ending which kind of makes the entire film rather meaningless. It stars Bobby Van, Ruta Lee, Mala Powers and Henry Wilcoxon who do their best with the mediocre dialogue and often meaningless and lifeless scenes.
The film was started in the late 1960s but left unfinished, finally in the mid-1970s it was picked up and finished by another crew. The final scenes employ different actors to before which adds to the confusion. Its not great but unintentionally hilarious, there are some interesting ideas but rather lost in the poor execution. Ropey special effects add to the cheese.
