The Apollo 11 mission was mankind walking to the edge of the Earth and telling the universe to go fuck itself. We go where we please, when we please.
Loads of people cut bits off their cards or mod them to fit better.....It's not uncommon for people who know what they're doing, mainly people going for insane overclocks.
it looks like he shaved off part of the interface to make it fit in an AGP slot rather than PCI-e