The space platform is named "Galileo," a reference to the shuttlecraft Galileo from Star Trek.
The character "Yeoman Whitney" is a reference to actress Grace Lee Whitney who played "Yeoman Janice Rand" in "Star Trek The Original Series."
One of the crew members is named "Sato." Coincidentally, there would be a character named "Ensign Hoshi Sato" on "Star Trek Enterprise" 14 years later.
The creature is drawn similar to the alien in the Dark Horse Comics adaptation of "John Carpenter's The Thing (from Another World)."
Egon is implicitly likened to Mr. Spock from Star Trek.