If there was ever a time to buy this game, NOW is the time. The game has finally left Beta and is now being "officially released", meaning they have all of the base features they wanted in the game to start with and everything is stable. They will still add updates to the game after this but this is a huge milestone for Squad and the KSP community.

I'm really excited about deadly re-entry finally becoming a feature, the new aerodynamics (You can FINALLY break the sound barrier in airplanes), new interiors and of course female kerbals.

Jeb will have some new competition from Valentina Kerman from now on

Here are links to the Steam page and to the KSP official website and forums. Obviously 1.0 has been released!

Kerbal Space Program Steam Page ($30.00)
Kerbal Space Program Official Website (You can pay for and download the game or demo for the same price as on Steam)
Kerbal Space Program Forums

Here are some videos previewing 1.0. Including one from the KSP god himself, Scott Manley

KSP 1.0 cinematic trailer
Scott fricking Manley 1.0 preview
The Winter Owl 1 hour preview video. This guy has the most soothing voice ever
EnterElysium 1.0 Preview
RoninPawn 1.0 Preview
Scott Manley's "10 Things To Do While Waiting for KSP 1.0"

New features include, but are not limited to, the following:

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* New Drag Model:
We’ve redesigned the way drag is calculated, now it will take into account things such as part occlusion, facing, and got rid of the calculation being based on part mass.

* New Lift System:
Corrected the lift so that it is now (properly) a function of the square of velocity, not linear. This allows for far more effective, and accurate, wings.

* Aerodynamic Stability Overlay:
A new part of the UI that shows you the stability of your crafts as you build them, so you can easily tell at a glance how air-worthy (or not) your design is, and see the effects of any changes as you build.

* Engineer’s Report:
A new panel in the VAB and SPH which will warn you of crucial (and generally frustrating) issues in your design, such as a lack of fuel tanks, engines or landing gear, among many other advanced concepts like those.

* TimeWarp To:
Fumble with timewarp and mess up your burns no more, with this new feature you can choose a point along your orbit and the game will take you there as fast as physically possible.

* Deep Space and Planetary Refueling:
Adding a new system and a set of parts that will allow you to collect matter from Asteroids and other bodies, then process it into useful things, like Fuel or Oxidizer.

* Game Over:
Be careless with your funds and reputation and you might promptly find you no longer have a job at the Space Center.

* New Landing Gears:
With the much larger Mk3 parts, we too felt the need for equally much larger landing gears. We’re giving you larger and more diverse ones to fix that.

* New, Larger Wings:
Mk3 crafts also require you to make large wings out of way, way too many small ones. We’re adding wings that are not only larger than all others, they also carry fuel, so you can finally make room for a properly massive payload area.

* Kerbal Clamber:
Kerbals can now climb over small obstacles and out of ladders up onto flat surfaces; because their job wasn’t dangerous enough already.

* Female Kerbals:
Long time in the making, finally joining the team at KSC.

* Economic Systems Rebalance:
Strategies, Part costs, contract payouts, they all needed to be fixed, and have all gotten a much needed balancing pass.

* Part Stats Rebalance:
We’re making sure no part is too light, too heavy, too powerful, or too weak. Exploiters beware!

* New Contracts:
We aim to bridge the gap between the early and late game contracts, as playtesting showed the difficulty curve could use some easing.

* Tier 0 Buildings:
The originally revealed buildings have been enhanced and modified to meet our original vision for them.

* Sound Overhaul:
Adding sounds to several parts of the game and interface that needed them, as well as improving some existing ones.

* Bugfixes:
A lot of long standing bugs are being fixed, and we do mean a lot of them. Beta means bugfixes, after all.

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Confirmed:
Overhaul of aerodynamic model:
Re-entry heat
There will be mach effect (not only aesthetic)
Infiniglide fixed thanks to the new aero
Part inside cargo bay and fairings will be shielded
New parts:
New bigger landing gear
New bigger wings
Procedural fairings
Heatshield as separate part
IVAs for every crewable part of the game
Since 1.0 all the engine will have a nickname like the actual Skipper, Mainsail, etc. (In example the new name for 909 will be "Terrier")
Realistic ISP (Thrust will change with pressure and not fuel consumption)
Resources from planets and asteroid
Graphics, resources updates:
Female Kerbals
Re-modeled spacesuit
Audio overhaul for the UI
New animations for EVA
Barn is back as Tier 0 Space Center
New ESA flags
Game mechanics updates:
New contracts like the one for space tourism
Engineer report (dV and pre flight check in)
New abilities for the crew members
Time warp to Manuever Node/AP/PE/whatever
Change fuel flow logic to prevent asymmetric flameout and to make fuel to drain from tanks in the stage evenly
Changed the chase cam
Kerbals will be now able to climb edge with ladders
Controls updates:
New SPH/VAB GUI to help with the aerodynamic stability of the craft (a simplified version of the graphics in FAR)
New filter for VAB/SPH
Changed docking mode input
Improved joystick mapping configuration
Usability updates:
Better Tutorials
New Demo
Loading screen will have tips to help new players

Valentina Kerman is ready. Are you?

This post was edited on 4/27/15 at 4:56 pm