I figured out my problem, I still had a setting maxed out in options (was wanting to see the detail), set it back, and its working fine.
I also made it to laythe (just a kethane scanner), and I plan to land a kethane powered rover on duna, after I set a mining base up.
I can't remember if I heard this, but is Kerbal space program getting an official multiplayer update in the future?