It was just because the KSC went through the TEMPEST portal. How else do you think Merald (I think his name was) time travelled back after he landed on Gilly?
What about SolidFuel engines? They are 1 m, but they seem overpowered compared to the probe parts. Edit: Never mind, they count as fuel tanks too so I would be unable to use them
If you escape Kerbin's SOI, you could be judged by your solar apopapsis, and if you escape Kerbol, you could be judged by your speed when you cross Jool's orbit.
Due to time dilation, from your viewpoint, you will be moving at 150%c. Remeber, though you aren't actaully travelling FTL, your perceptions are slowed so you will travel 1.5 ly every percieved year.
Maybe Damion was talent scouted by the Canadian Air Force due to his piloting skills? But I do need to know what's occurring. The tension is killing me!
Just paint the rockets black with white spots. With a missile though, you could just deactivate everything except the minimal computing power needed to switch back on. Because it's unmanned, you can actually turn the engine off and run cold.