News Words: Potential

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The American space agency NASA is working with a private company to make space missions faster and safer.

POTENTIAL
NASA and Howe Industries are developing the Pulsed Plasma rocket or PPR. The aim is to fuel rockets with a nuclear based system to produce extreme speed. They say it “holds the potential to revolutionize space exploration.”

Here, potential is a noun meaning something that can develop or become real. As an adjective, it describes the ability to develop, achieve, or succeed.
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