SpaceX / Elon Musk dubbed their East Coast floating landing pad (or “Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship”, (ASDS) if you really prefer), Just Read The Instructions, apparently after a ship from
Source: What are the origins of the names “Just Read The Instructions” and “Of Course I Still Love You”?
tl;dr: from the self-named ai spaceships in Ian M. Banks “The Player of Games“.
til SapceX’s fleet currently is tugged to position, then automnomously maintains that postion, with safety ship nearby. i siuspect the goal is to eventuially have it navigate out & back itself, but no idea when so could be done now, per wikipedia, as well as the necessary locking down for transport:
