That was my very first thought, seeing that image: Ray Bradbury would be absolutely beaming to see it.

For real. I wonder how much innovation really exists because the engineers have read golden age sci-fi 25-40 years ago as kids. Could be also that human aspirations are predictable, but I do believe this link should not be ignored. Musk himself acknowledges it some by naming Space X barges after sentient spaceships from Iain M Banks "Culture" series. Or maybe not Musk himself, but whoever named the barges.