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The future of space and ground based telescopes is intimately tied totechnology and algorithm development surrounding wavefront sensing and control.Only with cutting edge developments and unusual ideas will we be able to builddiffraction limited observatories on the ground that contend withearth-atmosphere, as well as space-based observatories that sense and controlfor optical aberrations and telescope jitter. There exist a variety ofmathematical bases for decomposing wavefront images, including the zonal modalbasis, Zernike polynomials, and Fourier modes. However, previous bases haveneglected the most vital element of astronomical optics: our field is only asgood as the people in it. In this paper we propose a new Many Headed HydraModal Basis (hydra heads) for wavefront decomposition, using physicalrepresentations of the Adaptive Optics community. We find that the first authormakes the best wavefront decomposition, on the order of a correctreconstruction within $\sim 1\%$ of the original turbulence image. We discussengineering implications of the Many Headed Hydra Modal Basis, as applied todeformable mirror technology and within active and adaptive optics controlloops. Finally, we explore predictive control avenues, by positing that thefirst author being the most effective wavefront predicts a successful futurefor them as a high contrast imaging scientist.

Wavefront Sensing and Control with the Many Headed Hydra Modal Basis