Yes. This movie has a theme of him throwing stuff into space. Later on he throws a log into space and then ties a rock to a chariot and throws it and uses it to travel through space.
The sequel, The Adventures of Hercules, is about 5x insane. In his final cosmic battle with King Minos, he turns into an animated gorilla (which I think is just rotoscoped footage from King Kong).
In ancient Greece they didn't have chalk, so they asked you, for forensic purposes, to please throw your murder victims into space where they would be outlined in stars.