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Japan's space agency announced on Thursday it is making an open source digital copy of its International Space Station (ISS) module, in what it is calling the world's first "Space Digital Twin." The endeavor is taking place through a collaboration with space-related digital application biz SpaceData Inc. The resulting digital …

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  1. Gene Cash Silver badge
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    Int-Ball?

    I would think in space it would be Float-Ball...

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    1. Spherical Cow Silver badge
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      Re: Int-Ball?

      It's just someone's belly button fluff. Lint-Ball.

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      1. An_Old_Dog Silver badge
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        Re: Int-Ball?

        Lint

        knows that addresses

        are not ints.

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  2. Caver_Dave Silver badge

    I think they mean first Internet enabled digital twin.

    Digital twins have been around for a long time - preceded by physical twins (many early space craft for instance) - or even with physical and digital twins (Mars 2020 for instance).

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