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Space Ark A very large ship used to transport a large group of people.

As far as I know, this is the first use of this term.

Religious prophets..were recruiting funds and followers for huge space arks in which they would journey to a promised planet. From Decision Illogical, by N.B. Wilkinson.

Published by Astounding Science Fiction in 1948

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See also the generation ship from Star Ship (1955) by EC Tubb.

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