Project Fortuna

Project Fortuna is the national space program of Nouvelle Alexandrie. When it was formed in 1686 AN, it was originally under the jurisdiction of the National Science Administration, which is under the portfolio of the Department of Research and Development.

During a government reorganization in 1694 AN, the Aeronautics and Space Administration of Nouvelle Alexandrie was created under the Department of Research and Development, separating it from the National Science Administration.

Project Fortuna is also responsible for fostering the development of the country's space, satellite, and missile defense industries, in coordination with the National Science Administration. Project Fortuna is now fully under the control of the Aeronautics and Space Administration of Nouvelle Alexandrie, which has pioneered several public-private partnerships to develop a homegrown industry around aeronautics. This has also included working with counterparts in Constancia, Natopia, and the UGB in projects and missions of common interest.

Inputs from Project Fortuna would prove to be integral to the development of viable heat-shielding for the Vanguard-class gun-cutter, an armed shuttle developed during the early eighteenth century after Norton for the Raspur Pact and the Honourable Company.