On march 25th 1655, Christian Huygens discovered Titan.

A little less than 350 years later, a probe after his name lands on its surface.

Andre Brahic (upper right in the picture, below), whom I've met several times since 98 (first time in Guadeloupe for the solar eclipse), said last november during the "Sky and Space Meetings" (Recontres du ciel et de l'espace), "Everything we've imagined about Titan, all the paintings, the SF stories will be wrong once we see what it truly is. It's been like that for every world explored and Titan won't be an exception".

Brahic is very popular among amateur astronomers because he knows a lot, speaks very well, is loaded with humor, is a nice guy and you know when he starts a conference but never when he finishes it.
Here we are both of us (Guadeloupe 98):

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I've heard him recently on TV (before the landing) that we're going to enjoy it. He used "on va se regaler" (regaler is enjoying a delicious meal, sort of).

Yes, I'm sure SF stories involving Titan will be forever influenced by the probe landing.

Huygens has from now on, changed Titan's image.

Raoul