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| - The Ark was originally built by Jor-El as a prototype for what would be a series of much larger spaceships designed to transport the entire population of Krypton to an inhabitable world so as to escape the destruction of Krypton, and continue living on another planet. This plan was not well received by the Science Council however, because space travel was not only against Kryptonian law, but the majority of the council, particularly Ka-Do, did not believe that Krypton was in danger. The small prototype ship was only good for sending Lara and Kal-El, but Lara chooses to stay on Krypton. History generally accepts that when the ship crashes in Kansas, it is discovered by Jonathan and Martha Kent in their pickup truck, however it should be noted, that one contradictory account states that the Kents discovered the ship in a car. But whatever vehicle it was that the Kents discovered the spacecraft in, they found the baby inside and took him to the Smallville Orphanage. They loaded the small ship on the back of their pickup truck and took it back to the Kent Farm, where they likely kept it in their barn.
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