Just an indication of how bored I was this afternoon, I know its basic :P 
$cow = '
  x            /\         x      x
        x     /  \      x         x
             /    \   x       x    *
      x     Y      \
            | (__) |   x    x
     x     /| (oo) |\           *
  x       / | /\/\ | \   x     x
      x  /  |=|==|=|  \     x      *
     x /    | |  | |    \  x   x
      Y USA | ^||^ |NASA \     x
 x   |______|  ^^  |______|       x
    x       (__||__)     x   x
x      x    /_\  /_\  x     x    x  Y
            !!!  !!!
';

$cow =~ s/\s//g;
$cells = ($cow =~ s/[^xY]//g);
print map{chr($cells+$_)} map { $_ =~ tr/x//} split /Y/, $cow;

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