Vim: Aligning columns by whitespace

Question

what for a regex is needed for formating some lines from

0 0 0      
00 00 00  
000 000 00
0 00 000 
000 00 0   
000 0 000

to

  0   0   0
 00  00  00
000 000 000
  0  00 000
000  00   0
000   0 000

?

TIA

Answer 1

Watch this:

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Answer 2

For such tasks, I'd take a look at "DrChips Alignment Tool for Vim"